I honestly believe our parents and grandparents were right all along. It's the damn computers and phones. Ironically, some of them have had their brains more scrambled by technology than the average Gen Z kid.
I would speculate that people can fulfill their need of intimacy online which results in lowered incentive to persuade it in real life.
In real life there are social and legal implications for relationships: if something goes wrong You could be in a nightmare divorce or simply interpreting things wrong with somebody can cause problems in your life. In the modern world every error pays expesively.
But in the digital world You just swap apps, nobody judges, and You alway get dopamine.
I would speculate that people can fulfill their need of intimacy online which results in lowered incentive to persuade it in real life.