top | item 44154633 (no title) Euphorbium | 9 months ago okcupid was a perfect app before match bought them and ruined it. discuss order hn newest crooked-v|9 months ago That's exactly it. As soon as any dating app has significant traction, Match buys it out and Tinder-ifies it to extract more money from the userbase while coasting on the previous brand value. mike_hearn|9 months ago It obviously wasn't perfect for the people running it, otherwise they wouldn't have sold it to their competitors.
crooked-v|9 months ago That's exactly it. As soon as any dating app has significant traction, Match buys it out and Tinder-ifies it to extract more money from the userbase while coasting on the previous brand value.
mike_hearn|9 months ago It obviously wasn't perfect for the people running it, otherwise they wouldn't have sold it to their competitors.
crooked-v|9 months ago
mike_hearn|9 months ago