Dating apps are designed to keep you single. Think about it.
If dating apps actually worked they'd put themselves out of business. So what's the incentive to actually match you with someone great?
The whole model is built on keeping you swiping. The more lonely and hopeful you are the more you pay for boosts and premium features. It's not a dating app. It's a slot machine that occasionally gives you a match so you keep pulling the lever.
I've been thinking about what a dating app would look like if it was actually designed to get you off the app as fast as possible. No swiping. No algorithm that shows you the most attractive people first just to make you feel inadequate. Just one real match a day with someone who actually fits your life and then it gets out of the way.
Would anyone actually use something like that or have we all just accepted that this is how it works now?