I think the issue here could be that the people at the top at Apple are all quite (very) wealthy. They spend their days (leisurely breakfast times) reading publications that they enjoy and are loyal to, maybe the Financial Times, maybe other reputable newspapers or magazines and they can afford to subscribe to them all. They think that's what life is like for everyone.
For most people, we get our news via usual sources such as BBC News, or use news aggregating sites such as Google News when and how we can, and we only stay on the surface of news articles, what's happening where and to whom and if we're lucky; why.
We have neither the time nor inclination to care about, some specific journalist we like's, take on the current round of foreign policy or trade agreements, or in depth pieces on a particular politician's upbringing.
I'm not going to pay $10 a month for something like this and I'd bet a lot of people are in a similar boat.
Likewise with AppleTV+, I've only ever consumed media on-demand, never subscribing to a pay satellite tv service that in the past, feed you shows as they're on so you can watch them when they decide you will watch them. I know nowadays they do have an on-demand component to most Satellite/Cable services but having never used those services in the past I'm used to getting my content from on-demand sources such as iTunes movie/TV Series, Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. Now AppleTV+ doesn't have the exact same issue but at the same time it has a hand full of shows that Apple have decided that I'll watch, not a huge wide and deep library like Netflix or Amazon Prime. I see nothing appealing in Apple's politically correct line-up of bland shows with no particularly interesting hooks or subject matter.
Apple doesn't have the content really in either service that would make paying for them, for me, worthwhile.
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Wow really? How does accepting $10 a month for not using an app in your device harm you ?
Maybe they don't want the content consuming space on their device if it's something they have no reason to want to use?