The problem with mainstream media organizations such as the New York Times is that you don't get the real story on issues like these. They focus on anecdotes that fit the narrative that they want to push. The New York Times is one of the most biased sources out there.
The New York Times only tells this story from the feminine point of view, which is meaningless. If Abby has had problems dating for the last 10 years, then it is solely Abby's fault. She has thousands of men awaiting her swipe right, as even the New York Times acknowledged in 2017.
They met on Bumble and fell into a fun, one-night-a-week, nonexclusive routine — until she realized she liked him.
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Abby is a financial analyst, meaning that she has a bachelor's degree or higher. If Abby isn't overweight, she's likely overly fussy the options that she has. Educated women tend to be that way.
None of these mainstream media articles are written from the male perspective, which is the more valid perspective on fruitless app dating experiences. The typical man is having a lousy experience on the apps. They are having the problems of too few matches and/or too many first dates of the "one date, no sex, no second date" variety. Having those experiences over a 5-10 year period can be psychologically and physiologically damage. That leads to incel/MGTOW/blackpill and overconsumption of porn and video games. That's bad.
Also, who the fucck are the 57% of people who said that their online dating experience was positive? Must have been women enjoying the attention and the top tier men getting a variety of poontang. It isn't the more average or even slightly above average men.