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Bumble is the latest dating app to report disappointing quarterly growth in an increasingly tough market.

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.

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    82·
    8 months ago

    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.worldEnglish
      352·
      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