Are Dating Apps Pay-to-Win?

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Here are the chapters for this video. Feel free to jump around accordingly:

0:00 Introduction
1:06 Love and Modern Dating
3:49 Inflation Has Hit Dating Apps
5:14 The Plan: How I Prepared for This Experiment
7:51 Why I Went Raw
8:51 Hinge: Controversies and Premium Plans
11:25 Establishing a Baseline
12:58 Testing HingeX: The Ultimate Experiment
13:56 HingeX vs. Free Version: The Results
14:50 Bumble: Controversies and Premium Plans
16:36 Why I Got a Lifetime Subscription to Bumble
17:03 The Bumble Data Problem + Time Travel?
17:42 My Bumble Data: Insights and Review
19:11 Bumble Premium vs. Free Version: The Comparison
20:20 Tinder: Controversies and Premium Plans
20:53 What is Tinder Select? A Closer Look
21:44 The Tinder Hack That Tinder Hates
23:06 Tinder Premium vs. Free: Breaking It Down
24:41 Tinder’s Massive Bot Problem
25:18 Are Boosts Better Than Subscriptions?
25:50 Are Dating Apps Pay-to-Win? Are They Worth It?
28:41 My Final Thoughts on Love and Dating Apps

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