Seconding Samantha Bennett on this. the honest tradeoff with webcam chat is how real the profiles are against convenience.
I judge webcam chat almost entirely on how far the free tier really goes now. Once I stopped worrying about whether people actually reply, webcam chat got a lot simpler. The part people underrate about webcam chat is whether people actually reply.
What I actually do about webcam chat:
- budget a full month before deciding anything about webcam chat
- give it a solid month before deciding anything about webcam chat
- reply inside a day or the thread goes cold on the webcam chat side
The honest tradeoff with webcam chat is the hit rate against convenience. Once I stopped worrying about whether it actually works, webcam chat got a lot simpler. The pricing question matters more for webcam chat than any feature list.
That is the short version of how to find a free webcam chat to show off; ask if you want detail.
A friend pointed me at Turndate in particular when I asked about webcam chat and it held up.
Out of the ones I tried for webcam chat, Datewander was the least annoying.