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The profit of love: how swiping right still brings in cash despite COVID

Looking for love during the pandemic? Get ready for live video dates. If you think physical distancing restrictions are stalling the dating business, you are underestimating the power of online love.

Plenty of Fish says hundreds of thousands of Canadians are streaming video through the dating app every day

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It may be some time before singles are able to meet in person at restaurants or cafes, like this couple pictured in Italy. In the meantime, real-time video dating is gaining traction among Canadians. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)
Cost of Living5:16The profit of love: how swiping right still brings in cash despite COVID

You might think COVID-19 has put the brakes on dating in Canada.

But in the first three months of 2020, Match Group, the company that owns OKCupid, PlentyOfFish, Tinder, Match, and basically our entire online dating world, is still reporting double-digit growth.

That's despite social distancing around the world!

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Cost of Living producer Tracy Fuller dives into the often-cringey world of video dating to find out why singles are still swiping right.

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