As a 40+ year old queer woman, my experience is that it's gotten worse. Granted, I did notice a big drop off after turning 40, but changes to dating apps in that time seem to have gotten worse. I didn't really get a lot of engagement on Hinge to start with so that's about the same, but Bumble made a similar paywall change and I definitely noticed a big drop off in matches after that. Okcupid just keeps getting worse too. It used to be ok for a dating app, but the changes towards more of a swipe app have made it pretty useless. I don't think a lot of people use it any more.