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The hardest part is users. I’d imagine what they’re actually buying is the marketshare of the competition.

Note that ‘subpar matching to keep users on the app’ only works if you control a large majority of the market.

Which is all to say, it’s not the app clone you’re selling them. It’s the users you stole and are selling back.



Subpar matching is a consequence of 80%+ being rejected by default. You either exclude them from your platform or string them along to monetize them. You're not going to find a technical solution to reduce bias in human behavior.


Anecdotally, some of those apps used to be a lot better at matching people up. It's totally possible to match way more than 20% - but why bother, if you can just string them along?




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