The Dating App Delusion
Endless Choice, Disposable People, and the Collapse of Modern LoveBy Theo Veyran
Length8h 7m
About this audiobook
Dating was supposed to become easier. Instead, it became exhausting.
The Dating App Delusion is a sharp, compassionate look at what app-era romance is doing to modern love. Theo Veyran argues that dating apps did not simply change where people meet. They changed the emotional logic of dating itself, turning intimacy into a marketplace of profiles, options, signals, delays, self-protection, and comparison.
This is not a guide to better photos, prompts, or pickup lines. It is a cultural psychology book about why so many people now feel replaceable, guarded, addicted, hopeful, cynical, and alone, even while surrounded by endless choice.
With wit and clarity, Veyran explores ghosting, swipe fatigue, profile performance, dating burnout, algorithmic choice, and the loneliness of believing someone better might always be one swipe away.
For anyone tired of dating like a product and being treated like an option, this book offers a way back to something more human.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology, Self-Help
Length8 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 28, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE DATING APP DELUSION
12Chapter 7: The Ghosting Economy
2A Note on Research and Stories
13Chapter 8: Dating Became Admin
3Introduction: The Marketplace in Your Pocket
14Chapter 9: The Safety Tax
4Part I: The Promise That Broke
15Chapter 10: The Fantasy Gap
5Chapter 1: More Choice Was Supposed to Save Us
16Part III: Dating Like a Human Again
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6Chapter 2: The Profile Is Not the Person
17Chapter 11: Stop Shopping for a Person
7Chapter 3: A Match Is Not Interest
18Chapter 12: Use the Apps Without Becoming the Product
8Part II: The Marketplace of Almost
19Chapter 13: Move from Performance to Presence
9Chapter 4: The Marketplace of Almost
20Chapter 14: Choose Before the Algorithm Chooses for You
10Chapter 5: Why Everyone Feels Disposable
21Conclusion: The Courage to Let Someone Become Real
11Chapter 6: The Gendered Pain of the Same Machine
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