TechCrunch reports a cohort of new dating apps, including Ditto, abandoning the swipe mechanic entirely in favor of AI matchmaking, driven by twentysomethings' disillusionment with swipe-based products. The framing is telling for consumer AI builders: the AI is not the feature being sold, it is the excuse to remove an interaction pattern users have grown to resent. Whether retention holds past novelty is unaddressed.