Feb. 8, 2026

Why Dating Apps Don't Work Anymore

Why Dating Apps Don't Work Anymore
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Why Dating Apps Don't Work Anymore
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Dating apps didn't stop working because you got older, they stopped working because they were redesigned not to work. The apps realized their most profitable users are the ones who never succeed.

This episode breaks down how dating apps shifted from helping you find someone to keeping you just hopeful enough to stay, why the pool is now full of the emotionally unavailable, and why you keep blaming yourself for a system that was never designed for you to win.

Relationships. Advice. History. Psychology. Funny. Mandatorily Irrelevant.