Pre-web, when high-quality news seemed to actually exist, and I could just pay for dead-tree editions of that, I did. Probably over $2k/year, in today's money.

Now - most newsrooms have been gutted, once-great magazines like Scientific American are sick parodies of their former selves, supposedly top-tier news sites are full of click-bait drivel, they monetize your personal information every way they can, and cancelling your subscription may require lawyer. I pay $0/year.