Can't view comments anymore.

In the past, after a couple weeks, some articles went to subscription only, but if I had comments on the article, I could still view all the comments. Now it shows me I have new comments, but it says you can only view them if you are a subscriber. If the intention is to make this a pay only site, that's fine, and I will move on to another website, but why should I add content when the article originates, and then be blocked from responses later on? If this is the intent of SA, it makes no sense for non-subscribers to add any comments/content, as it only adds value to the site/article, and one can't even see the responses later on.