Match: The Company Who Own Love

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2023
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    Fuelled by the growth of dating apps like Tinder and Hinge, online dating has exploded in society. But you may be surprised to learn that most of apps on the market are all owned by one company. So how did Match.com grow into the monopoly on dating?
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Комментарии • 128

  • @tobsco2
    @tobsco2 5 месяцев назад +313

    Why doesn't this fall under anti-monopoly laws?

    • @MrRapmaster19
      @MrRapmaster19 5 месяцев назад +77

      I think simply because of the nature of the product. Dating apps, whether right or not, are not considered a very important or essential service by the US government, and thus nothing anti-trust related has been filed. I wish something was though. Even though I am someone who did successfully find love on the apps, it’s so difficult and it’s getting costly for many people

    • @abdurrahmansabri8181
      @abdurrahmansabri8181 5 месяцев назад +40

      The regulatory state has been destroyed by austerity politics. As a result they don't have the resources go after everyone.

    • @MrRapmaster19
      @MrRapmaster19 5 месяцев назад +26

      @@abdurrahmansabri8181 we really need another Teddy Roosevelt trust buster in this country. Too many monopolies politicians are afraid to destroy and consumers aren’t aware of

    • @BosonCollider
      @BosonCollider 5 месяцев назад +19

      @@MrRapmaster19 TBH that is kind of crazy, because more than 60% of couples in the US meet online (with meeting via friends way down). What match group does more or less determines what the future US demographics look like and whether you will be able to retire

    • @iyoub6931
      @iyoub6931 5 месяцев назад +16

      Because you do not understand what a bad monopoly is, Monopoly in general is not illegal, it is only illegal when it's suppressing competition by engaging in anticompetitive conduct. A monopoly gained through competition on merit is completely legit even if they have 99% of the market share

  • @giuseppezeppelo8289
    @giuseppezeppelo8289 5 месяцев назад +117

    Bumble to Hinge: "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy Tinder, not join it!"

  • @charliecrome207
    @charliecrome207 5 месяцев назад +108

    would have been nice to explore what it means to have all the apps under one company, rather than just tell us that they are

  • @deltawaffles6015
    @deltawaffles6015 5 месяцев назад +37

    “The only way to win is not to play” -Kevin Flynn, Troy Legacy

  • @steve-wright-uk
    @steve-wright-uk 5 месяцев назад +47

    "By 1966 ...", "by 1977..." - Are we time travelling to before the WWW now? (Timestamp 3:30 to 4:00)

    • @chefnyc
      @chefnyc 5 месяцев назад +3

      Considering that he was born in 1963, he seems very smart 😃

    • @av_oid
      @av_oid 5 месяцев назад +4

      Deliberate mistake for engagement farming? It’s common.

    • @Grand-Rose
      @Grand-Rose 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@av_oiddegrades the editorial standards of TLDR.

    • @StoffyToffeePudding
      @StoffyToffeePudding 5 месяцев назад +2

      I think it must be deliberate, it’s obvious these sites were not active online dating sites during the 60s and 70s. Jack’s not stupid. But it is an editorial failure.

  • @darkyada71
    @darkyada71 5 месяцев назад +40

    Poor Ben only 5% match 5:55

    • @LifeisajokeER
      @LifeisajokeER 4 месяца назад

      the editor has a beef with him🤣🤣🤣

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 5 месяцев назад +8

    One company to bind them. One company to match them all.

  • @hyrdocomputing
    @hyrdocomputing 5 месяцев назад +152

    Match is a private intelligence agency.
    On an intelligence perspective, having millions of people actively giving you clear face pictures and constant geolocation data is very very useful.

    • @Blorp_
      @Blorp_ 5 месяцев назад +27

      Sooo… any social media website?

    • @userre85
      @userre85 5 месяцев назад

      No compulsion to post pictures on social media.​@@Blorp_

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 5 месяцев назад

      So?@@Blorp_

    • @matticolo
      @matticolo 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@Blorp_I think so…

    • @andreylucass
      @andreylucass 5 месяцев назад +2

      Aren't they all?

  • @Keylevitation
    @Keylevitation 5 месяцев назад +7

    You know you're old when a RUclipsr has to explain the concept of newspaper classifieds

  • @Kris_96
    @Kris_96 5 месяцев назад +13

    Idk how there's literally a 3 other apps that are popular that aren't owned by the some company. That should not be legal! The scrutiny ABK and Microsoft were put through when they barely have any meaningful market share in the gaming world, yet this keeps getting allowed? Like how and why? They can make you pay £100 per month and people will literally either have to to do that or give up on online dating all together!

  • @wenzeln.8949
    @wenzeln.8949 5 месяцев назад +9

    Ill just say this out loud. Just dont search for love online.

  • @ramirozapata408
    @ramirozapata408 5 месяцев назад +14

    Someone pls launch an anti trust lawsuit lmao

  • @ancientswordrage
    @ancientswordrage 5 месяцев назад +3

    I feel like these all end suddenly with no conclusion

  • @shubhaamgokko1361
    @shubhaamgokko1361 5 месяцев назад +3

    One of the best decisions I took this year was to get off dating apps after bombing for a few years. Is my dating life going anywhere: Nope! Am I feeling more mentally stable than I did at the start of the year: Heck yeah!

  • @bonbonbonbons
    @bonbonbonbons 5 месяцев назад +3

    2:31 freeze frame gold (silver)

  • @Ryzin1
    @Ryzin1 5 месяцев назад +5

    I would swipe right on Jack

  • @More_Row
    @More_Row 5 месяцев назад +44

    You can thank these guys and their greed for making the world of love and dating completely broken. Complete utter evil

    • @J.o.s.h.u.a.
      @J.o.s.h.u.a. 5 месяцев назад +6

      That's capitalism for you

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 5 месяцев назад +12

      Nah it's just humans. @@J.o.s.h.u.a.

    • @Gully2k
      @Gully2k 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@J.o.s.h.u.a.not everything is because of capitalism

    • @J.o.s.h.u.a.
      @J.o.s.h.u.a. 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@Gully2k I agree with you, but what OP described is literally how capitalism functions, even if OP doesn't see it.

    • @Gully2k
      @Gully2k 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@J.o.s.h.u.a. That is true I also agree with you on this instance you are correct, thanks for the explanation.

  • @02thore
    @02thore 5 месяцев назад +2

    Either "The Companies Who Own Love" or "The Company Who Owns Love"

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 5 месяцев назад

      I'm not sure that's correct. _Company_ can be a collective noun. Like _"We are a company founded in 2010."_

  • @kriss_b
    @kriss_b 5 месяцев назад +34

    Interesting that match was sold off in 1977...... Sorry I'm that person on the internet today

    • @monotonehell
      @monotonehell 5 месяцев назад +15

      1966, 1977, 1999 ... one of those sound right

    • @thescoringcompany165
      @thescoringcompany165 5 месяцев назад +6

      Shouldn't it be 1996, 1997, 1999? World wide web was invented in 1989. DNS was invented in 1983. 1966 and 1977 sounds wrong.

    • @UGMD
      @UGMD 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@thescoringcompany165per Wikipedia 1996, 1997, 1999 is right

  • @willemvanriet7160
    @willemvanriet7160 5 месяцев назад +5

    I've never pay. They always have to leave an avenue open that's free to lure new subs.

    • @davidjennings2179
      @davidjennings2179 5 месяцев назад +2

      You need some Doms in there too, can't be all subs

  • @kocokan
    @kocokan 5 месяцев назад +5

    the only way to win is not to play

  • @kayhantolga
    @kayhantolga 5 месяцев назад +5

    The ads in this channel are getting sneakier and sneakier. Please put a marker when you switch to ads so that we don't feel stupid after watching half of it and realizing, "Oh wait, the video already ended? I was watching ads.”

    • @davidjennings2179
      @davidjennings2179 5 месяцев назад +2

      Listen for the change in sound (tone and clarify) and topic change. Also once you've heard one you start to be able to stop the video as soon as they start the ad anyway

  • @billyfox6368
    @billyfox6368 5 месяцев назад +2

    It all just makes me think of the Regular Show episode.

  • @alessandrodani5752
    @alessandrodani5752 5 месяцев назад +4

    Do you also know that they ban profiles for no apparent reasons, and the ban is permanent. Meaning you are out of the online dating forever. That is a problem

    • @danielsurvivor1372
      @danielsurvivor1372 5 месяцев назад +1

      Not for no reason.
      Apperently Tinder n others have hidden algorithm, designed to make life for blackpilled 3/10 or less looks men even worse.
      So basically TL;DR
      The more you swipe right and don't get reciprocating swipe, the more "needy" you're considered by algorithm and get deprioritised. Until eventually you're shadow banned.
      That's what you experienced either shadow ban or next stage of it due to angering the algorithm.
      Soon only Chads will be able to even USE dating apps, let alone get any matches 😢

  • @interrupted_reverie
    @interrupted_reverie 5 месяцев назад +14

    Hold up i thought thing was’t legal? When microsoft / apple arent allowed to do this kind of shit or am i missing smthg

    • @felezeros4556
      @felezeros4556 5 месяцев назад +4

      “Dating apps” are probably not seen as it’s own industry and so there can’t be a monopoly

    • @wheneggsdrop1701
      @wheneggsdrop1701 5 месяцев назад

      @@felezeros4556”love” and “dating” are things you can’t measure or touch it’s feelings, for this reason it’s harder to regulate these sites.

    • @cjxgraphics
      @cjxgraphics 5 месяцев назад +1

      No, no, we still have Bumble and Grindr. So “technically” Match isn’t a monopoly.
      Gotta love our legal system. 🙄

    • @boggy7665
      @boggy7665 5 месяцев назад

      It's legal only if a private company is making money off of it.

  • @phooogle
    @phooogle 5 месяцев назад +2

    366 million people with a shopping list isn't people looking for love, which is why the success rate is so low.

  • @blitzburn2871
    @blitzburn2871 5 месяцев назад +13

    I am so happy I will never have to deal with these apps, being Aromantic is so much better than people think.

    • @JohnBaroshi
      @JohnBaroshi 5 месяцев назад +3

      Agreed especially nowadays.

    • @elosant2061
      @elosant2061 5 месяцев назад +2

      lucky mfer

  • @christina4941
    @christina4941 5 месяцев назад

    There's a discord link for TLDR in the description but when I click on it, it doesnt work. Does this still exist?

  • @ciaranbrk
    @ciaranbrk 5 месяцев назад +9

    Okay Cupid used to be great but is awful now.

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 5 месяцев назад +1

      Define "great"

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 5 месяцев назад

      @@More_Row Like it actually had a good system for matching compatible people, which didn't insert its own biases, or try to string you along and constantly extract more money from you.

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@andybrice2711 Ah well, good ole strategy of enticing people in with a better product in the beginning. Remember they don't want you to find you're forever ever after. That would mean you would stop coming to the platform.

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@More_Row Yeah, the good-old Silicon Valley bait-and-switch. Or even if they had good intentions to start, they were corrupted by the cash-cow of micro-transactions.
      Plus there seems to be increasing pressure on dating websites to police the behaviour of their users in the real-world. Which is an impossible task.

  • @tomskih203
    @tomskih203 5 месяцев назад +1

    I'm assuming Match groups pitch was basically "sell up to us or we will just smear campeign you off the market."

  • @twertygo
    @twertygo 5 месяцев назад +2

    3:34 sorry what year? I did not think the Internet was a thing in 1966 lmao Did you mean 1999?

  • @KhakiCap
    @KhakiCap 5 месяцев назад +6

    Is any dating app even good nowadays?

    • @SeventhHeavenFTW
      @SeventhHeavenFTW 5 месяцев назад

      Hinge is probably the "best" one. By my account and alot of my friends, it's been the best at connecting you to a good match.

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 5 месяцев назад +4

      I'm not imagining this am I? Dating apps used to actually be good. For a reasonable price, they would pair you up with people you had a lot in common with. But now they just string you along with the promise of more matches for more money. And they're mostly full of fake profiles, or people trying to build their Instagram audience.

  • @OPOS-el7tj
    @OPOS-el7tj 5 месяцев назад

    Good video

  • @hamburgermatty
    @hamburgermatty 5 месяцев назад

    Go organic if you can, baby!

  • @AlonElvs
    @AlonElvs 5 месяцев назад +1

    1977??

  • @eilegz
    @eilegz 5 месяцев назад +1

    wow how FTC allowed this....

  • @robwashers
    @robwashers 4 месяца назад

    20 years ago Alain de Botton said of Love that there was no amount of money people would not willingly pay to be helped to find it.
    Today, the online dating industry has killed love and tomorrow's generations will just go back to arranged marriages for practical purposes.

  • @Slicekb
    @Slicekb 5 месяцев назад

    Um... Actualy, Kremen left in 1996 not 1966...😅

  • @alexanderminev
    @alexanderminev 5 месяцев назад

    Isn’t it *Owns?

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 5 месяцев назад

      Either. _Company_ can be a collective noun. Like _"That is a company."_ or _"They are a company."_

  • @NewsGuyFred
    @NewsGuyFred Месяц назад

    A/S/L?

  • @tomstarwalker
    @tomstarwalker 5 месяцев назад +1

    rock me amadeus

  • @joshuahowden8385
    @joshuahowden8385 5 месяцев назад +3

    Facebook has a dating app as well.

    • @KieranCrown
      @KieranCrown 5 месяцев назад +1

      I mean it’s built in and is all janky as hell. Doesn’t really compete on the same playing field. It is completely free though!

    • @joshuahowden8385
      @joshuahowden8385 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@KieranCrown I don't know, it's completely free which is nice and you get told when someone likes you which none of the others do unless you pay. Just seems better personally and more people have facebook then don't so would potentially have more people using it.

  • @goldengriffon
    @goldengriffon 5 месяцев назад +2

    Are you using a filter? Or maybe your lighting is giving too much glare? Your image is hazy, like you have a fingerprint on the lens.

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah I often think their contrast is too low. Like they're shooting in log and using the wrong LUT.

  • @neelshah8143
    @neelshah8143 4 месяца назад

    Clean your camera lens

  • @guillermo5782
    @guillermo5782 5 месяцев назад

    This is raw data to be exploited!

  • @ryanhileman3757
    @ryanhileman3757 5 месяцев назад +2

    Bumble is the best. Its more serious with its users.

  • @I_Be_Major
    @I_Be_Major 5 месяцев назад

    I was like 420 🫡

  • @christiansebastianlauritse2404
    @christiansebastianlauritse2404 5 месяцев назад

    1966??

  • @EngineerDJ_Julius
    @EngineerDJ_Julius 5 месяцев назад

    to be fair, this approach works only for celebrities and those with similar status

  • @lyndanickerson1373
    @lyndanickerson1373 5 месяцев назад

    1966 & 1977 or do you mean 1996 & 1997 in your timeline?!

  • @Writer_Productions_Map
    @Writer_Productions_Map 5 месяцев назад

    Lol

  • @hwadeiv
    @hwadeiv 5 месяцев назад +2

    The fact that grindr wasn't mentioned is low key homophobic

    • @thetux0815
      @thetux0815 5 месяцев назад +3

      but it was in 10:44

    • @ThoraninC
      @ThoraninC 5 месяцев назад +2

      Homophobic : Nooooo
      Heterocentric : Maybe

    • @hwadeiv
      @hwadeiv 5 месяцев назад

      @thetux0815 yes, I saw the mention. And ty. However, mentioning at the back is hurtful for queer audiences (as media exec- it shows priorities) I won't stop watching, but I found this so interesting. Facts are correct, just placing

    • @davidjennings2179
      @davidjennings2179 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@hwadeivIt was mentioned, I think it's an interesting commentary if match group have avoided buying it. The main focus here was what match group have consolidated and their approaches.
      Grindr focuses on a different market (at least until those in the closet come out after a few years with their tinder match 🤡) so I suppose that is why it wasn't mentioned until the end?

  • @HighestIQ
    @HighestIQ 4 месяца назад

    That's why I've been buying $MTCH Stock. Super cheap right now.

  • @explodingwolfgaming8024
    @explodingwolfgaming8024 5 месяцев назад

    Commenting 4 algorithm

  • @iamme4494
    @iamme4494 5 месяцев назад

    I like POF because of all the TS women I had segg with…,

  • @chhitijpahari1011
    @chhitijpahari1011 5 месяцев назад +2

    Furst

  • @bazookaman1353
    @bazookaman1353 5 месяцев назад +3

    Midwits: OMG dating is so unfair the west has fallen. 😢😢😢
    Darknet pedophiles: Hmmmmmm time to get my 100th girl. 📛😭💢