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I know and in a general sense I agree with their decision to do it - it makes sense. I just don't think it's appropriate for HN. If you do pay to bypass a news
by bArray 10y ago
I know and in a general sense I agree with their decision to do it - it makes sense. I just don't think it's appropriate for HN. If you do pay to bypass a news wall, chances are you will only pay for one. If there's three hypothetical equal competitors, that'll limit the audience by a third.
- taspeotis 10y agoOr just click the "web" link and read the article?
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- bArray 10y agoAll I get is "To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In". That's it. No other options. Maybe I could get around it, but it's a lot more hassle for the average reader than it's worth.
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- gfosco 10y agothere's a "web" link at the top of this page, it google searches the title, which will get you what you want.
- david-given 10y agoTo be fair, it's completely unobvious. (I'd have never have found it if someone hadn't pointed it out to me a while back.) Look in the menu of links just under the title, between 'past' and 'comments'.
- bArray 10y agoYeah, I wouldn't have guessed that. I would have thought it was another more formal way of accessing the link or something. Thanks for also pointing it out for me.
- kuschku 10y agoOnly in some countries. For example, for me, I have to use a second workaround to actually get the article content.
- ars 10y agoThat doesn't work for me, or for a lot of other people as well.
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