And VV was too stupid (both then and now) to take any sort of advantage of this. I criticize VH and am still not a fan of them, but one thing I will acknowledge that is pretty incredible is their rate of growth. In just a few months, they went from 2 apartments to 8 apartments (which is actually one apartment more than RLC's base subscription), with one or two couples in each one. VV went from 2 to 4 apartments, and never grew beyond that. That stagnation is what really killed them, not to mention their incompetent handling of technical issues and publicity. Even now this new apartment Dubna only got introduced when they lost Sofia, so they haven't really done anything new or special.
The fact that VH was able to swoop in and take over popularity from VV in just a few months just shows the level of incompetence of VV on so many levels. In no world should that have ever been a possibility. By now everyone should know my stance on couples but VV would need at least 2-3 new apartments with good tenants, couples or otherwise, in each just to stay relevant, which will become more of an impossible feat when considering their popularity has dwindled so low and a lot of people have jumped ship to VH (including their own tenants). I have no shame in admitting that I'll probably remain a VV fan until they close for good but even I acknowledge just how absurd they are and how nothing they're doing right now is anything good, like keeping tenants that shouldn't even fucking be here.... and yes I am referring to Sonia.