it owns the big digital brands like hinge, tinder, 0kcupid, and match.com, but it recently said it wasng 6% of its workforce after the amount of people paying for services on its biggest site, tinder, dropped for the seventh quarter in a row. so that's almost two years of fewer people paying for the service. but it's not all bad news — there was some encouraging growth at stablemate hinge, and whilst fewer people are paying for tinder, the ones which are left are paying more. the price of love on tinder can be steep, especially in a cost—of—living crisis. whilst it won't cost you anything to sign up for the service, once on there, a premium account will cost you around $8 a month. and, just at the end of last year, tinder unveiled an invite—only ultra premium service for — get this — nearly $500 a month, or almost $6,000 a year. meanwhile, at rival bumble, you canjoin forfree, but a premium profile will cost you around $20 for a week of swiping. but if you sign up for longer, they'll charge you less per week. but the cost of living is hitting younger people. that's according to the pew