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Bumble cuts ~350 employees as dating apps face a reckoning (techcrunch.com)

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Bumble cuts ~350 employees as dating apps face a reckoning::Bumble is the latest dating app to report disappointing quarterly growth in an increasingly tough market.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 83 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Huh, so people DO get tired with apps nickel and diming every interaction

Want to filter by more than 2 things? Pay up. Want to send a message? Pay up. Want some privacy measures? Pay up. Also the features are scattered across multiple paid plans, with separate per-item costs for roses/likes/super-likes etc.

This isn't limited to Bumble either

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The title and subtitle are misleading. Their profits went up over the last year, just not as much as a bunch of fucking investors wanted them to. The title makes it sound like they're actually struggling when they're not