Tinder and Bumble are tanking because they treat men badly, Grindr CEO said
Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble are neglecting their male users, Grindr CEO George Arison charged this week.
“One of the things that strikes me about how Bumble and Tinder approach the world is that frankly, they don’t treat 70% of their users very well,” Arison said in an interview with Polina Pompliano, founder of media company The Profile. The two were speaking at Fortune’s annual Brainstorm Tech conference in Park City, Utah.
Men outnumber women roughly 3-to-1 on both Bumble and Tinder, yet those apps don’t try to improve or smooth men’s often-awkward experience, Arison said. Even though men are the ones who more often pay for premium services, he said, their experience remains frustrating, leading many to quit online dating.
