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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/jalyper on 2023-11-19 09:09:56.
I was getting my usual level of angry at looking at my subscription renewal for a couple of dating apps regarding the price hikes to the point where one app costs between 100 and 200 dollars per year. This is odd to me because I think dating networks are like social media. No one pays for Facebook, or Twitter (well, maybe more now), and maybe that’s because all of the content is made by users. There’s very little for a dating app to actually do other than show you who is around you and is dating. These two facts are the only things an online dating app needs to work. Everything else is invented value. Surely an open source solution is possible that does it better than every app that wants me to pay to “compliment someone”, or send a goddamn rose or whatever the hell else…?