Two examples I can think of off the top of my head are news subscriptions, and Patreon. Both seem to be growing a good clip. A decade ago there was a lot of talk about digital subscriptions as a business model, but few if any success stories.

I’d actually guess it’s the opposite. Why pay for a news subscription when you can get “news” for free on Facebook and the like.

> Why pay for a news subscription when you can get “news” for free on Facebook and the like.

Did you miss the whole Facebook "fake news" thing last year?

That’s why I put news in quotation marks, I actually have a couple news subscriptions and no Facebook account.