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In 2017, NBC News predicted that by 2040, the
of couples meeting
would be 70 per cent. Today in the United States, 30 per cent of adults, and over half of
under 30, use dating apps. About a
of dating app users say they pay for them. However,
are changing. Younger people around the world have less money to spend on
like apps. The New York Times interviewed young people about dating apps. One 18-year-old
said she preferred to meet people in
or through direct messages on social media. She said dating apps were for "casual use, like a game". She added that
of her friends paid for them. She thought that paying for an app was a
.
