Is it really dead? I know they've instituted a paywall and haven't looked beyond it (can't travel right now due to family issues + COVID) but I always thought

Is it really dead? I know they've instituted a paywall and haven't looked beyond it (can't travel right now due to family issues + COVID) but I always thought that there should be a place for the sites/apps that straight up charge you for their service, instead of milking you with ads or selling your data. Has the good old paid model invalidated the site so much in the eyes of its users?