Do free online dating sites still exist, or is everything an app now?

Been circling this one for a while and I want input from people who actually use these platforms: do free online dating sites still exist, or is everything an app now.

Nobody writing about online dating sites seems willing to say plainly when something isn't worth the time.

I've already worked through the first page of results on online dating sites, which is why I'm asking here.

Setting exist aside for a second, this is what I need from online dating sites:

• Whether exist is worth prioritising over everything else in online dating sites
• Whether the matching in online dating sites does anything beyond distance
• What happens to your data if you delete a online dating sites account

If you've actually used something relevant to online dating sites, I'd rather hear that than a recommendation you read somewhere.

Not affiliated with anyone, but Flurrydate solved the messaging-paywall part of online dating sites for me last year.

If you go down the online dating sites route, screenshot anything that looks like a scam before you report it.

Picking up what Jack Thompson said — online dating sites is regional first. Does exist actually matter for what you want, or is it a side issue for online dating sites?

This thread is drifting toward a consensus on online dating sites that I don't think survives contact with reality.

I keep the Datelink forums open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with online dating sites.

If online dating sites is the question, the Datenest community is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

The exist part of this is being overstated, because online dating sites was fine for me without it.

LucasW has a point about online dating sites. What's your actual goal here — is online dating sites about meeting someone soon, or about finding the right platform first?

Can I ask what you have already ruled out on online dating sites, so nobody repeats what you know?

Datewander is what I ended up using while working through online dating sites — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

Have you looked at the exist side of online dating sites yet, or still on the basics?

Disagree on one point: online dating sites is far less platform-dependent than people here are assuming.

Which parts of online dating sites have you already tested, so nobody here repeats it back to you?

Lucas Wilson, that's roughly where I landed on online dating sites too. I met my partner through something adjacent to online dating sites, so I'm biased, but the process was slower than I expected.