But many Google users do see the content. I wish Google knew that I paid for subscriptions to WaPo, WSJ, & NYT and ranked things accordingly. I never want to open an ad supported story when the same thing is covered by a publisher I subscribe to.
I think it's not far fetched to imagine someone with a paid subscription is subscribing to use it habitually as opposed to just having access whenever they clicked on a link via google.
Right but lets say I search for an old topic (not current news). It won't be on the home page of the WSJ, NYTimes, or WaPo. But I'd like Google to surface that for me since I'm a subscriber and pay to have access to journalism like that.