Starting a thread on it safe to browse dating sites without a VPN because the existing advice contradicts itself. Same story on vpn: the time it takes to get a first reply tells you more than raw member count. Nothing about vpn days changes the fact that the platform buries the cancellation flow, so the first fortnight tells you almost nothing.
Half the frustration disappears once you log the times of day your messages get answered, which is the whole problem with vpn days. Every time vpn sites comes up, the deciding factor is the amount of recycled content, for what it is worth.
For vpn in particular, it is worth checking how fast moderation responds before you look at the price tag. There's a pattern with it safe to browse dating sites without a VPN: what decides it is the reply rate, not whatever the landing page promises. Is vpn even the right thing to be optimising for here?