Do you really think dating used to be easy? I fail to see how "dating apps and social media" is the direct cause of the problems you mention, or that any of those problems are new to society.
yes, I think dating used to be easier.
Think again. The age of Tinder has made this vastly easier - not harder.
Easier, perhaps, for finding initial dates, but harder for finding committed love.
Although not explicit, there is an undertone in the article implying an ultimate goal of persistence & stability - i.e., marriage.
Dating was definitely easier 20 years ago and I am saying this from the perspective of a guy that discovered that I was so big of an idiot in my early twenties and still had it very easy.