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Feb 2023
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❤️‍🔥 “The Friend Zone” — Bumble’s pluto...

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The most Googled thing during/after the Super Bowl: “Is Rihanna pregnant”. And that means the real Super Bowl winner was Apple. Bumble’s new dating app strategy is not about finding love, but about finding friends. And the #1 Super Bowl commercial was actually a $1B dog food startup.$BMBL $MTCH $AAPL $POSTFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeWant a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this formGot the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that tooLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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