Re Tinder, I'm told by women that many go on there to have their ego stroked with no intention of actually ever meeting anyone.
That's definitely true and unfortunately there are quite a lot of them too. You can put some of them off with your bio and possibly pictures but for the most part you just have to spot them during chat. It's usually easy once you have a bit of experience. Also, you don't at all need to talk to them for long before you get a very good idea of if they're just their for their ego, to troll (e.g. having a laugh with all their mates etc), to masturbate or otherwise waste your time.
As side note, if you're into sexting and "playing around" on FaceTime or similar then Tinder can definitely be rather good for that (get their number on Tinder and then take it elsewhere) but I personally don't care as I'm much more interested in meeting and fucking.
Interesting points Nigel above. Yeah I’ve been on Tinder before albeit for a short period of time and it just seems like too much hard work lol.
Yes, it takes a fair amount of work trying to get or figure out the right pics to use, especially if your bio is quite "forward" - which reduces your matches but also helps cut down on the timewasters though, as well as those looking for lots of dates/long term relationships.
However, when it comes to talking there's no need to piss about or spend ages on it. If you're brief and direct, you will put off some of those who could've been tempted with more chat but you'll also identify timewasters quickly and it means you won't have to spend ages "chatting up" those who are keen to meet up (and there should be enough of those if you have good pics and are as decent looking as you say).
You can message girls anywhere and anytime that's convenient for you and once you've amassed a few serious matches, you can "mass message" multiple girls on the same day and hopefully you'll get a response from someone who's free right then/that evening. It's not too dissimilar to booking a last minute punt (although it is of course more work) and you will, at least very occasionally, come across girls who are almost as keen to see you as a good escort would be (even though the escort obviously just wants your cash).