If they're no longer valuable, why is it annoying and audacious that these websites are asking for payment? Is it an insult to make such a presumption from the

If they're no longer valuable, why is it annoying and audacious that these websites are asking for payment? Is it an insult to make such a presumption from the viewpoint of the authors? If words are worthless now, I imagine that reading my comment is equally worthless as reading the article, so therefore it should be no skin off your back/not anything to be annoyed by.