All of your points are completely fine. I think it boils down to "you are too expensive so I'm not going to read your articles". This is completely fine.

I think the problem is "You are too expensive so I'll just take what I want for free". That doesn't feel like a morally defensible position. They are allowed to charge what they want. We are allowed to chose to patronize a publication or not.

I personally use Apple News for this, but of course it doesn't have everything I would like.