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Gen Z is ready to break up with Tinder, and these new dating apps are here for the rebound

With Valentine's Day looming, Steven Coyle was on his phone looking for a date — but not on Tinder. The 26-year-old from Las Vegas used an app called Snack to scroll through videos of women walking down the street, showing off their outfits, or lip-syncing to the camera. One caught his eye — a tall, pretty blonde recording herself walking through Disney California Adventure Park to the ...

With Valentine's Day looming, Steven Coyle was on his phone looking for a date — but not on Tinder.

The 26-year-old from Las Vegas used an app called Snack to scroll through videos of women walking down the street, showing off their outfits, or lip-syncing to the camera.

One caught his eye — a tall, pretty blonde recording herself walking through Disney California Adventure Park to the Avengers Campus, where she ordered a cocktail at the bar.

She looks fun, he thought. He pressed a heart to "like."

Coyle had stumbled upon Snack, an app that bills itself as "TikTok meets Tinder," just a few days earlier. It's one of a handful of innovative dating apps that are trying to capture the attention of Gen Z, many of whose members say they are tired of the

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