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Wish we could ban WaPo links unless accompanied by a way to actually read them. WaPo's firewall is incredibly annoying lately.

by Bud 11y ago

chipperyman573 11y ago
What firewall? I've been able to read them all fine.
- RandomSeeded 11y ago
  There's a cookie-based article per month limit.
  - newman314 11y ago
    uBlock Origin seems to be able to get around it. For Safari, I went ahead and added the rules missing from uBlock from uBlock Origin too. This seems to have helped somewhat (Forbes wall etc.)
Scramblejams 11y ago
I feel the same about NYT links. Incognito isn't doing the job anymore for me on that site.
- matt4077 11y ago
  That'd conflict with the wish to link to the original source quite often, considering how much original reporting is done by the NYT. Maybe a story should have two links – one to the original and one to the buzzfeed rehash that is published 10 hours later?
rtpg 11y ago
It's odd that for how much complaining happens about ads on HN, there's pretty much always just as much scheming about paywalls. Though I get why it's nicer to prefer non-paywalled sources if it exists...
- anonymfus 11y ago
  It's odd only if you imply that revenues of these media must stay at the same level as now.
SturgeonsLaw 11y ago
Worked for me by clicking the web link at the top of the page (ie; accessing through a Google search) and opening it in a private tab
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joshmaker 11y ago
There seems to be an interesting tension between Hacker News readers who complain about ads and those who complain about paywalls -- realistically the money to pay for journalism has to come from somewhere, right?
PascalsMugger 11y ago
It would be nice if all links to a paywall had a "(Paywall)" in the title, that way we'd get less complaining about paywalls, and less complaining about complaining about paywalls.
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  ...and less solutions to complaining about complaining about paywalls!

Wish we could ban WaPo links unless accompanied by a way to actually read them. WaPo's firewall is incredibly annoying lately.

by Bud 11y ago

Wish we could ban WaPo links unless accompanied by a way to actually read them. WaPo's firewall is incredibly annoying lately.

chipperyman573 11y ago

What firewall? I've been able to read them all fine.

RandomSeeded 11y ago
There's a cookie-based article per month limit.
- newman314 11y ago
  uBlock Origin seems to be able to get around it. For Safari, I went ahead and added the rules missing from uBlock from uBlock Origin too. This seems to have helped somewhat (Forbes wall etc.)

Scramblejams 11y ago

I feel the same about NYT links. Incognito isn't doing the job anymore for me on that site.

matt4077 11y ago
That'd conflict with the wish to link to the original source quite often, considering how much original reporting is done by the NYT. Maybe a story should have two links – one to the original and one to the buzzfeed rehash that is published 10 hours later?

rtpg 11y ago

It's odd that for how much complaining happens about ads on HN, there's pretty much always just as much scheming about paywalls. Though I get why it's nicer to prefer non-paywalled sources if it exists...

anonymfus 11y ago
It's odd only if you imply that revenues of these media must stay at the same level as now.

SturgeonsLaw 11y ago

Worked for me by clicking the web link at the top of the page (ie; accessing through a Google search) and opening it in a private tab

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joshmaker 11y ago

There seems to be an interesting tension between Hacker News readers who complain about ads and those who complain about paywalls -- realistically the money to pay for journalism has to come from somewhere, right?

PascalsMugger 11y ago

It would be nice if all links to a paywall had a "(Paywall)" in the title, that way we'd get less complaining about paywalls, and less complaining about complaining about paywalls.

JoeAltmaier 11y ago
...and less solutions to complaining about complaining about paywalls!