Worth flagging with the legitimacy question — requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
The thing that kept me on the legitimacy question was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
The thing to watch on the legitimacy question is that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
One thing I would do differently with the legitimacy question — test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
One warning about the legitimacy question: profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
What changed my mind on the legitimacy question was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
Would happily be argued out of my position on a scam.
Not everyone will agree but EZHookups — ezhookups.online has been the steadier one for me this year.
Datescout comes up in most threads like this one, for whatever that is worth.