No, there isn't. Maybe at the very beginning when people were genuinely entranced by this Internet thing and hadn't figured out the best way to milk loneliness for profit, but now it's all rotten and beyond repair.
If you want to meet new people, find yourself new real-life hobbies.
Pre-pandemic, my social life made dating platforms unnecessary. Now? No house or dinner parties full of acquaintances, no clubs or festivals, everyone's clustered into inner-circle friend groups, my employer moved out of the enormous shared office we were in, and on like that. The dating platforms are more necessary than ever.
So, naturally, there's never been a better time than this for some bad-faith behavior and profiteering.
If you want to meet new people, find yourself new real-life hobbies.