> Have they? They've done really well in some markets, but also done really poorly in others. People are definitely interested in them for music, films, TV, etc

> Have they? They've done really well in some markets, but also done really poorly in others. People are definitely interested in them for music, films, TV, etc, and people + companies are interested in for them for certain products and services, but there are still many areas where they haven't done nearly as well as expected. A pattern I identified was that subscriptions work really well when property rights are strong and enforced strongly (TV shows, movies, music, books etc). It doesn't really work well when property rights can be bypassed easily or have a convenient alternative (you want to read NYT story without a subscription? read that story on some other outlet).