Dating is a free software issue

I had an idea for a dating &#x2F; social app. Using activity pub. The whole dating app scene, could do without monetary incentive.<p>Keeping inactive profiles present to pad results. Lack of filtration on message receival. Keeping people on via swiping etc.<p>The applications feel like they&#x27;re geared more as a game. Keeping people on the apps. I&#x27;ve heard the same frustrations over and over from people. I&#x27;ve even heard similar pitch ideas. Then the question of how to monetize it comes up.<p>I&#x27;m not generally a free software only person. But I think that a public space for socialization and meeting people online. Should be free on monetization, or incentive of money.<p>I had thought of a torrented, shared db within a local region. With a few central nodes, eliminating hosting costs. This is just filed away as one of my fun projects.

There&#x27;s a certain point where I ask: Would an FSF enthusiast be interested in dating someone who signed up via a proprietary app, or would they be looking to date other free software enthusiasts who were also looking for people without using a proprietary app?<p>It can be really challenging to deal with a significant other without using the same apps they do, if they have chat apps they use, social networks they&#x27;re on, or money transfer apps they like, you can regularly run into a &quot;well, my phone can&#x27;t use that app&quot; situation.

I’m thoroughly confused as to what state of the world one envisions as the alternative and how that would function. I understand an argument against purely a philosophical justification for proprietary software and no open access. But the practical reality of modern societies and Capitalism is that the closed source nature of many services &#x2F; software brings many positive benefits to society and in some case is necessary for that platform’s very existence.