Users regularly do "pay for their own costs and have an ad-free experience", for example on Youtube, Netflix or The New York Time (5 million paid subscribers in

Users regularly do "pay for their own costs and have an ad-free experience", for example on Youtube, Netflix or The New York Time (5 million paid subscribers in Q2 2021). Users regularly do "give gas to publishers in response to content they enjoy", for example on Patreon, Twitch or Medium. The appetite seems there all right.