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1 year agoThe pictures don’t load for me, so here is general advice from a person who spent probably hundreds of hours mindlessly swiping and holding meaningless conversations:
Treat it as a lottery
As in, there is an actual possibility for a very positive outcome, but the chance is miniscule and you shouldn’t realistically expect any serious outcome.
I’ve had several very long-lasting connections formed on dating apps, but I only went so far because I spent months swiping and going through hundreds of eventually empty conversations.
Don’t treat it seriously or it will emotionally grind you down. If you actually want to find a date, don’t use dating apps at all. If you want to mindlessly scroll like on social media apps and kill time, sure.
I’m really disappointed because over last several years Google has been removing little features that I care about.
First, I think with android 13, they removed the ability to switch audio outputs, for instance route sound through speakers while still connected to BT earphones, it used to be accessible through the volume slide. Now you can only do it through the music player and if you don’t play any at the moment, well, screw you I guess.
Now with android 14 they removed sticky notifications for no reason. Now you can accidentally swipe them away and they are gone forever, no “undo” button in sight. Meanwhile apps assume their notification is sticky and never send it again.
In my opinion, taking away features from the user without their concent and absolutely zero reasons for it (no bugs, no performance impact), is a failure in engineering design.