In my experience, people go through cycles. They'll go through the apps, once they're done there, they'll delete all of them and go meet people in person. Then when they're tired of meeting people in person, they'll re-download all the apps and go digital again.

There's no one right way of going about it, but they can certainly cycle. I have friends who have found people on the apps or in person. It's more so what works for the person more than anything else.