I think we're all past the con of PUA, the edited videos of "in field" success, (usually a drunk or paid girl) who is the 20th approach that night. The constant drilling of "numbers numbers numbers, approach approach approach" etc etc, which MAY lead to some mild success if you catch a girl at the right time or level of sobriety, but mostly its an ineffective fools errand and in a post covid post me too era...now considered borderline immoral.

The only people who would be successful in cold approaches to a degree that makes it worth doing, are the top 10 percent guys. The guys with physical looks, lots of friends, social proof etc. For them, randomly going up to a woman they've never met before and talking to them MAY be more enticing to a girl than the 10 unread DM's that day from guys she follows from the gym on insta, or the 20 new matches on tinder, or the current FWB she's messing around with who won't commit. But an "average joe" who absolutely HONES "game" and practices and practices and puts himself out there? Still very very little results will come from cold approach.

Best bet? Work on yourself, focus on friend and social circle and job and looksmax the hell outta yourself. The success with women will come more organically then. You kinda need to get to the point where success with women just kinda happens...