# Bloomberg subscription

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Bloomberg subscription and 18 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for well-written, informative journalism and its terminal for professionals, but critics cite a high price, paywalls, and intrusive nag screens.

## Why people recommend it

- Well-written, informative articles (2 comments): "Don't Bloomberg & FT have a number of well-written, informative articles every month?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391538)) "usually well written and interesting angles" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111493))
- Solid, factual reporting (2 comments): "Bloomberg had a decent article about transformers and their lead time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750512)) "One of the only news sources focused on facts and meaningful stuff." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49919631))

## What people warn about

- Expensive subscription, not worth price (4 comments): "That's a couple thousand dollars a year, just to have a handful of mainstream news sites." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49750857)) "I have never found it compelling enough to visit for the price on a regular basis" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49396341)) "a Bloomberg.com subscription is ONLY $39.99/month" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390994))
- Nag screens and ad blocker issues (3 comments): "Expensive subscription news like WSJ, Bloomberg and it's been a while but even FT require ad blockers even if you're subscribed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46668338)) "then get two nag screens? Dumbass website." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47873087)) "no option other than accept was allowed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116997))
- Paywall blocks articles without subscription (2 comments): "won't even let you read article without sub" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47924796)) "you couldn't pay me to read Bloomberg" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390354))
- Grouped with worst paywall offenders (3 comments): "the worst offenders: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times (FT) and Bloomberg most notably" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46879512)) "news sites are the worst for this. bloomberg, nbc, etc. have 20+ domains" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300112)) "like WSJ, Bloomb, FT, and many other bad actors" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46992332))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Economist](https://hackerapproved.com/p/economist.md): 87 recommend
- [New York Times subscription](https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-york-times.md): 68 recommend
- [Apple News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-news.md): 29 recommend
- [Wall Street Journal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wall-street-journal.md): 21 recommend
- [The Atlantic magazine subscription](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atlantic.md): 21 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Bloomberg subscription", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bloomberg/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).