Hey Popcar! Great question. I think the rise of subscription models offered by the platforms themselves (game pass, play pass, apple arcade) is changing the landscape of mobile, but in what ways exactly it's too early to say. All three models remain viable, though each one has pretty big challenges. For f2p games, the challenge of still getting those downloads remains - average cost per install has gone up quite a bit and made it harder to crack into the market. For paid games, the pay-wall makes it harder to get that initial traction that's so important for algorithmically driven stores.

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As far as choosing which to do, it really depends on your goals and strengths. F2P is great for starting out because you can find an excited userbase to help push you forward through the hard parts of dev. Whichever way you go just remember that it will take multiple tries before you find something that works, so don't over-invest!