Console gamers clearly don't care that much about it. They cared about the used market, the always online DRM stuff, but apparently an online paywall is fine.
I don't like it, especially on a console like the Switch where you got a very small amount of online games, but I've been a PS+ subscriber since the PS3 era. I just like the immense collection of games I got by now and the discounts are also mostly good.
So I'm part of the problem, I just pay my yearly 50 euro and be done with it. I also never heard any complaints about it from my very casual (gaming) friends.
I feel like these threads always pop up every week and it's mostly PC gamers complaining about it.
The big question is when publishers are going to voice their irritation by it. A game like COD is probably making Sony lots and lots of new PS+ subscribers every year, while for Activision, an online paywall limits their userbase and people who can buy DLC. That's a part of the online paywall discussion we rarely hear. I can't imagine that games with online focus are happy with these online paywalls.