These apps have made dating scene way more toxic by creating a platform where women get to choose the top tier men without too much effort on their side while the average Joe is practically invisible on there. That's not to say it is easy for every woman out there as they have to dig through dozens of low-quality men, but it is definitley far more easier for most of the women on these apps. From personal experience and I'm a male in my mid-20s, 1.90cm height, probably just slightly above average looking so when I decided to go on a dating spree via Tinder/Badoo last summer it was not that hard for me to get dates. Here are my results in 1 month until I found a girl I sticked around with:

- 30% of the girls I met told me straight up told me that they were would be more interested in finding a millionaire for a boyfriend, but were still "open-minded" about seeing guys that haven't made it yet.

- 30% of the girls I met weren't openly discussing their preferences for finances, but if you had seen their Instagram and the way they spoke of their ex-boyfriends, you'd find them very similar to the ones before.

- 20% of the girls... well, we didn't click because they looked very different to the photos on their profile so the conversations were short.

- The last 20% were generally girls I'd consider dating (have a job, hobbies, look the same in the photos and don't talk about money so much) and I clicked with one of those.

All of these women were in their early 20s and based in an eastern-european country where I'm originally from. I always thought that the country where I'm from (Ukraine) had a big impact on women's behavior simply because it's a poor country and girls tend to look for a provider more actively, but having moved to Europe recently due to the crisis I can see that the situation is not very different here..

Perhaps my main point for this thread is these apps actually do more bad than good for both sides because women become way more picky and dismissive of guys in general as they need a shovel to dig through all the low-quality, thirsty guys to identify the guys they would prefer to be with and men literally get NO chance to find a moderately pretty girl if they aren't at least above average looking. If they are above average, it's still hell to fight through the fierce competition.