I have a paid subscription in Inoreader for years and never paid full price, more around %60 of the amount. Keep an eye to days like Black Friday or so, they announce every year big discounts.
You can also queue those discounts if they appear before your subscription ends so you can keep benefiting from them for even longer
I am giving it a try as we speak and it looks really nice. Easy to use and fast. Great potential. Happy to see all this ecosystem growing so quickly