Many recent technological "advances" seem to be designed to save us any real interaction with other people.

I reject some of the services the article discusses because of their surveillance, and some because I want to protect people's jobs. It is interesting that the three problems often co-occur.

In a way, dating services and apps are doing the same thing. They don't entirely eliminate human contact — you still (possibly) have a date or have sex — but the human contact is greatly reduced. Maybe that is an impediment to finding a real relationship.