Why are news articles counted towards your monthly limit???

l can understand you guys wanting to charge but $20 per month is way too steep and you will lose a lot of customers. I think if you charged around $7 per month, most would stick around, or have an option to pay varying amounts which would allow you access to different quantities of articles. And keep in mind, as you lose your customer base, revenue for the contributors will dry up and they will eventually leave to, causing a viscous cycle. 

Also, not everyone is located in the US. For example, $20 per month converted to CDN dollars is a lot of money to read a few articles each month. Unfortunately, like many others, I will have no choice but to leave too.