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Non-paywalled https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QqQIwAGoVChMIpojssIOpxwIVSpmACh1z4gg_&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.

• stephengillie 11y ago
  Sorry but that link is also paywalled for me. I'm starting to feel like we should crowdfund a WSJ subscription for HN, or something similar. How much traffic does WSJ get directly from here?
  • TheBiv 11y ago
    Interesting, are you in the US?
    • stephengillie 11y ago
      Yes, in the US. Using Chrome with cookies and Javascript disabled. (It's a corporate locked-down Chrome on a corporate network without plugins installed)
  • Loughla 11y ago
    Is that a thing? Like a corporate subscription cost for aggregation and social sites?
    • stephengillie 11y ago
      I don't think it is but I'm starting to wish it were. A large number of articles on HN come from WSJ, NYT, Medium, and Bloomberg. 2 solutions come to mind: 1. Have a "site subscription" where links referred from your site are not paywalled. And you would pay a subscription fee to be referrer-whitelisted on the paywall; the subscription rate could be highly debated. 2. Have a "multi-subscription package" where I pay one organization, and they take my payment, slice it up, and distribute it to several dozen news companies. The administrative fee for doing this would come into question. I agree that writers, webhosts, and other employees of these news companies should get paid; this isn't a product that's made for free. I don't really want to have to track a handful of inexpensive subscriptions. And the subscription path for NYT and WSJ is unclear - I haven't found the page where I can simply buy a 1-year subscription; only the "12 weeks for $12" deal.
      • seanp2k2 11y ago
        Alternative suggestion: don't post links to sites with silly business models which make their content annoying to access.
        • Loughla 11y ago
          You know, I hear this all the time. And honestly, this isn't meant to be snarky, but I don't understand how wanting to be paid for your work is a silly business model. Or am I missing something?
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  • jessaustin 11y ago
    Did you by any chance click on the "real" link first? That could have set a "not really from Google" cookie.
  • toothbrush 11y ago
    I have the same problem, but i suspect this is because i told my Firefox to lie about Referrer: headers (by fiddling with about:config). I'll see if messing around with those settings helps.
• gshubert17 11y ago
  A similar and apparently non-paywalled article is at: http://kalw.org/post/affordable-design-fight-save-one-silicon-valley-s-last-mobile-home-parks http://kalw.org/post/affordable-design-fight-save-one-silico...