I still use the app options occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
My advice on the app options: turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.
With the app options it came down to whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point, honestly.
The move with the app options is to screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
The part nobody mentions about the app options is how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
What changed my mind on the app options was how the site behaved on a phone browser.
Practical tip for the app options: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
Your mileage on who have may differ, obviously.
I rotate between a couple of these and ezhookups.online, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.