I do not get a newspaper.
We don’t care if you get a newspaper or not, just accept the dots and do as you are told.
There are different systems for different areas (often determined by who owns your newspaper).
In your area, the single yellow dot obviously means you're not a subscriber.
Now in my area, a single yellow dot denotes 7-day delivery of the regrettably-NYT-owned local paper. And every couple of years they add another yellow dot as a premium for my having renewed the subscription.