You're asking this on a website that still runs Y-Combinator advertisements, so I'm going to mark it down as a "no". On a more serious note, I don't think the

You're asking this on a website that still runs Y-Combinator advertisements, so I'm going to mark it down as a "no". On a more serious note, I don't think the ad monetization model will ever die. It's the simple principle of supply and demand; as long as there is a demand for a free experience, it will be profitable to provide an ad-supported version. It's why YouTube cranks out billions in ad revenue every year, even if they have a slightly insidious monetization model. This is what the free market settled on, and it's competitive enough to push both ad-based and subscription-based monetization to compete harder.