I wonder about paywall complaints.
It's not just the frugal or impecunious who complain about subscriptions. They have access to public libraries.
Some of the complaints arise from folks who don't want a particular news source to exist at all & want to drive it under.
New York Times, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, New Yorker - all high visibility outlets & seemingly the focus of "I don't want to pay" targeted harassment campaigns.
Fascist movements have subtle ways sometimes.