Would appreciate real experience on which site is best if I just want, not affiliate copy. With hardcore stuff, what decides it is how far the free tier gets you, not the price tag. For hardcore stuff in particular, the platform surfaces profiles far outside your radius, so it pays to report problems early instead of blocking quietly.
Speaking as one of women who message first, I would say how well it works on a weak connection collapses as soon as the platform makes verification optional and then hides who has done it — hardcore sites included. I judge hardcore on one thing: you get further if you set the radius tighter than feels natural.
Look closely at stuff sites and the practical move is to use a photo that appears nowhere else online. I'd frame which site is best if I just want this way: the proportion of dormant accounts explains more than how slick the interface looks, having tried a handful of these. Would especially like to hear from anyone who changed their mind on hardcore sites.