I've written about this in the past but I believe it is getting worse and worse as the years go on
Fundamentally app dating is viewed within the femosphere as bottom of the barrel stuff , "shopping the clearance isle" so to speak
It's the same for men but men will tolerate a lot more on the apps in the hope of a crumb of pu$$y plus its very very low effort which men love
What you end up with is a sub section of women that are on there either to window shop or because they are not getting men in real life and swathes of sexless desperate men making as little effort as possible trying to get laid
I personally haven't used a dating app in about 3 years and when I was using them I can't say any of the women I met were of any particular quality in fact some of the strangest women I have ever met in my life came from the apps ( although some of that was poor screening from me )
I think everyone like the idea of the dating app but in reality two complete strangers trying to communicate through digital profiles often leads to absolute nowhere
In my opinion, dating apps have gone off a cliff since COVID, but particularly over the last three years. The amount of women oversharing trauma, mental health issues, and unsolicited sexual history/Exes is at a crazy all time high.
It's like women since COVID have forgotten that oversharing trauma, exes, and even sexual history is not attractive at all. Pre-COVID, women would keep that stuff hidden until they knew they had a guy. Now they put it out in the open. The lack of self-awareness is striking. Telling a guy this stuff on a first date or even before, do they not realize it would scare a man off? And then you realize that women have so many options that eventually some guy will put up with all that in hopes of getting some consistent ass. But a guy who has self-respect or is looking for someone healthy will run away from a woman like that.
Honestly, I don't blame men for not making effort, and why should they? Various studies show that 90% of first dates don't lead to 2nd dates. Dating is expensive, even a coffee date (if you include the price of gas), and the likelihood of getting flaked or ghosted on is at an all time high. So why would any guy bother after dealing with that?
it is but a Game to me the apps.
I play it very much like a video game and (try) to attach no value to matches and rejections.
Chicks can unmatch out of the blue and it’s “meh” for me now.
“Likes” are real tho. It’s nice to get likes

But I do see your point,
And I’d never expect and LTR to come about off an app for me. So mayhe that’s the right call then for him then. idk. That’s a brutal amount of rejections.
YOU GET IT!
Apps are not meant to be taken seriously and you have to be RUTHLESS with your tactics. That nice guy cupcaking $hit is for the birds in 2026.
I remember in 2023 I was arguing with some buddies about online dating. One didn't have a clue what he was talking about because at the time he had never done it. The other one was on some romcom b.s. talking about "love and vibes." He had just gotten on the apps because he broke up with his girl at the time.
Fast forward to 2024 and the same lovey-dovey guy, after a year on the apps, texted me and was like "man EFF these hoes, they on some bull****... you gotta get a rotation going and ****." His tone completely changed. If you meet the guy you would laugh cause he fit's the nerd archetype, he's a good guy but the switch-up from "Love and vibes" to "eff these girls" happened fast once he experienced the reality of online dating.
What's my point?
My point is the guy tried to be genuine, looking for an LTR, giving women the benefit of the doubt, just to get played over and over. He learned very quickly in that year that most women on dating apps are Time wasters and not LTR material, so the best you can hope for is to smash. I'm not glorifying it, but it points out the obvious: for most men, trying to find an LTR through OLD is a dummy mission.