I think it depends on your interests. For example, Wall Street Journal articles seem quite popular on HN. I used to pay for WSJ online. But I stopped many year

I think it depends on your interests. For example, Wall Street Journal articles seem quite popular on HN. I used to pay for WSJ online. But I stopped many years ago. The WSJ, like most other publications, offers discounted or promotional subscriptions to various subgroups. At the same time they invariably increase prices for existing subscribers. I hate price discrimination. I refuse to be the sucker paying hundreds of dollars a year while they offer cut rate subscriptions to everyone else. I hate it enough that I now don't pay them a nickel. Consequently, when WSJ articles are posted here, I enjoy "free" access via the inevitable archive.is link that usually appears in the comments.