"The ubiquity of dating apps, social media and messaging platforms have enabled people to vanish at the touch of a button." I find that such odd phrasing, like

"The ubiquity of dating apps, social media and messaging platforms have enabled people to vanish at the touch of a button." I find that such odd phrasing, like putting the cart before the horse. Isn't the 'enabler' our increase in mediated communications, while in-person communication has become rarer? Like in the 1980s, if I wanted to ghost someone, I'd basically have to move. If I want to ghost my flatmate, this is still the case today.