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Re:Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competito... by mettamage on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:10AM (#24728742)
> Then we have this whole dating thing entirely owned by one media hegemon.

Who'd that be? Not familiar with dating apps' company histories. I tried them but I'm experiencing much more success with old-fashioned dating. Tech hasn't disrupted dating for the majority of people, I think. [1]

[1] Because I know quite a few people that don't get any success out of it either, while they do get some success with old-fashioned dating.

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Re:Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competito... by pwim on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:14AM (#24728771)
Match Group owns and operates several online dating services including Tinder, Match.com, Meetic, OkCupid, Hinge, and PlentyOfFish.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group

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Re:Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competito... by kace91 on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:06AM (#24730010)
are all of those used? I'm not American, but here tinder seems to be the only option whatsoever (aside of the lgtb alternatives).
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Re:Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competito... by pb7 on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:28AM (#24730221)
Yes. People tend to be on multiple platforms simultaneously.
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Re:Facebook is a monopoly that buys, copies, kills competito... by mywittyname on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:55AM (#24730475)
They all appeal to slightly different types of users. Like the same company selling different brands of chips.
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