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Dating-app fatigue pushes singles back toward phone calls and in-person speed-friending

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Industry surveys report widespread dating-app burnout and rising demand for voice-based chat lines and speed-friending events, even as the same companies tout AI-assisted matching as the cure for the loneliness their own product creates.

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