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They promise to help you find ‘the one’ but dating apps face a strange economic incentive: every successful match means losing two customers. This week, Carmel Crimmins digs into the multibillion‑dollar business of online love – how apps keep you swiping, why Gen Z is pulling back, and whether AI could rewrite the entire model.

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