This is not new. In fact, this sort of thing has been happening for decades. The difference is that instead of an 'app' it was "dating" by phone (POTS[0]).

This is not new. In fact, this sort of thing has been happening for decades. The difference is that instead of an 'app' it was "dating" by phone (POTS[0]). Women were paid to interact with men, but no actual dating occurred. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_old_telephone_service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_old_telephone_service