Match: The Company Who Own Love

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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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  • @tobsco2
    @tobsco2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +330

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

    • @MrRapmaster19
      @MrRapmaster19 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

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

    • @MrRapmaster19
      @MrRapmaster19 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @deltawaffles6015
    @deltawaffles6015 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

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

  • @giuseppezeppelo8289
    @giuseppezeppelo8289 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +126

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

  • @charliecrome207
    @charliecrome207 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    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

    • @personzorz
      @personzorz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They all become slot machine garbage

    • @TheDeathOrange
      @TheDeathOrange 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      nice pfp

  • @steve-wright-uk
    @steve-wright-uk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

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

    • @chefnyc
      @chefnyc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @av_oid
      @av_oid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Deliberate mistake for engagement farming? It’s common.

    • @Grand-Rose
      @Grand-Rose 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@av_oiddegrades the editorial standards of TLDR.

    • @StoffyToffeePudding
      @StoffyToffeePudding 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Poor Ben only 5% match 5:55

    • @LifeisajokeER
      @LifeisajokeER 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the editor has a beef with him🤣🤣🤣

  • @hyrdocomputing
    @hyrdocomputing 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +156

    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_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Sooo… any social media website?

    • @userre85
      @userre85 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So?@@Blorp_

    • @matticolo
      @matticolo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Blorp_I think so…

    • @andreylucass
      @andreylucass 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Aren't they all?

  • @ancientswordrage
    @ancientswordrage 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I feel like these all end suddenly with no conclusion

  • @ramirozapata408
    @ramirozapata408 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Someone pls launch an anti trust lawsuit lmao

    • @JJ-vp3bd
      @JJ-vp3bd 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      still waiting its crazy they are monetizing pain

  • @Kris_96
    @Kris_96 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

  • @02thore
    @02thore 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

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

    • @monotonehell
      @monotonehell 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

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

    • @thescoringcompany165
      @thescoringcompany165 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@thescoringcompany165per Wikipedia 1996, 1997, 1999 is right

  • @shubhaamgokko1361
    @shubhaamgokko1361 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

  • @interrupted_reverie
    @interrupted_reverie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @wheneggsdrop1701
      @wheneggsdrop1701 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @boggy7665
      @boggy7665 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Keylevitation
    @Keylevitation 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

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

  • @More_Row
    @More_Row 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    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. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That's capitalism for you

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

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

    • @Gully2k
      @Gully2k 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

    • @J.o.s.h.u.a.
      @J.o.s.h.u.a. 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

    • @Gully2k
      @Gully2k 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @kocokan
    @kocokan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    the only way to win is not to play

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

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

  • @wenzeln.8949
    @wenzeln.8949 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

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

  • @Phil_AKA_ThundyUK
    @Phil_AKA_ThundyUK 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @alessandrodani5752
    @alessandrodani5752 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 😢

  • @kayhantolga
    @kayhantolga 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @Ryzin1
    @Ryzin1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I would swipe right on Jack

  • @willemvanriet7160
    @willemvanriet7160 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

    • @davidjennings2179
      @davidjennings2179 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @tomskih203
    @tomskih203 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @ciaranbrk
    @ciaranbrk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Okay Cupid used to be great but is awful now.

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Define "great"

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@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.

  • @billyfox6368
    @billyfox6368 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @rodzeroher
    @rodzeroher 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OkC was utterly destroyed by match, i had so many great dates before 2013 :(

  • @blitzburn2871
    @blitzburn2871 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

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

    • @JohnMBaroshi
      @JohnMBaroshi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Agreed especially nowadays.

    • @elosant2061
      @elosant2061 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      lucky mfer

  • @goldengriffon
    @goldengriffon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @twertygo
    @twertygo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @KhakiCap
    @KhakiCap 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Is any dating app even good nowadays?

    • @SeventhHeavenFTW
      @SeventhHeavenFTW 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @bonbonbonbons
    @bonbonbonbons 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    2:31 freeze frame gold (silver)

  • @SurfbyShootin
    @SurfbyShootin 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Circumcised shareholders know what is best for the world. You shouldnt be so worried.

  • @AlonElvs
    @AlonElvs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1977??

  • @tomstarwalker
    @tomstarwalker 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    rock me amadeus

  • @eilegz
    @eilegz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    wow how FTC allowed this....

  • @robwashers
    @robwashers 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @neelshah8143
    @neelshah8143 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Clean your camera lens

  • @Slicekb
    @Slicekb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @christina4941
    @christina4941 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @NewsGuyFred
    @NewsGuyFred 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A/S/L?

  • @guillermo5782
    @guillermo5782 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is raw data to be exploited!

  • @hamburgermatty
    @hamburgermatty 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Go organic if you can, baby!

  • @ryanhileman3757
    @ryanhileman3757 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @OPOS-el7tj
    @OPOS-el7tj 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good video

  • @I_Be_Major
    @I_Be_Major 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was like 420 🫡

  • @joshuahowden8385
    @joshuahowden8385 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Facebook has a dating app as well.

    • @KieranCrown
      @KieranCrown 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @alexanderminev
    @alexanderminev 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Isn’t it *Owns?

    • @andybrice2711
      @andybrice2711 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @EngineerDJ_Julius
    @EngineerDJ_Julius 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @HighestIQ
    @HighestIQ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @lyndanickerson1373
    @lyndanickerson1373 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @bazookaman1353
    @bazookaman1353 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @explodingwolfgaming8024
    @explodingwolfgaming8024 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Commenting 4 algorithm

  • @Writer_Productions_Map
    @Writer_Productions_Map 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol

  • @christiansebastianlauritse2404
    @christiansebastianlauritse2404 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1966??

  • @chhitijpahari1011
    @chhitijpahari1011 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Furst

  • @iamme4494
    @iamme4494 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @hwadeiv
    @hwadeiv 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @thetux0815
      @thetux0815 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      but it was in 10:44

    • @ThoraninC
      @ThoraninC 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Homophobic : Nooooo
      Heterocentric : Maybe

    • @hwadeiv
      @hwadeiv 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @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 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +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?