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Use the web link at the top. Even better is that you get an AMP version of the story.

by quantumhobbit 10y ago

metafunctor 10y ago
The web link at which top? The link on news.ycombinator.com, which I was responding to, goes to a paywall teaser.
- d0ugal 10y ago
  "94 points by dcgudeman 1 hour ago | flag | hide | past | web | 95 comments | favorite" The "web" in this line, just below the title. It takes you to a google search.
- ericzawo 10y ago
  The link at the top of the google result of the headline you should search. (But if you enjoy the WSJ, consider picking up a subscription or a paper from time to time.) :)
- robteix 10y ago
  Just below the headline in hackernews, you'll see a small "toolbar" of links: > N points by someone 2 hours ago | flag | hide | past | web | N comments | favorite The OP was referring to the one that says "web"
  - metafunctor 10y ago
    Interesting, didn't realize the Hacker News had a paywall workaround built in. Let's just hope Rupert Murdoch doesn't sue us all.
    - randomanybody 10y ago
      I hope he does try to sue for a link to google which has a link to his own site which behaves in a certain way based on the if HTTP_REFERER header says it was from google. He could stop the behavior at any time by changing his own code. It would set a good public precedent to help curtail such buffoonery moving forward.
psykpsyk 10y ago
If I or you cloaked website content ww would get delisted by google...
khedoros1 10y ago
That hasn't worked for me, for several months now. I've had good luck with a Firefox add-on called Paywall-pass, though.
- khedoros1 10y ago
  Rather than a down-vote, I'd be interested in some suggestions about what I'm doing wrong. 1. Click "web" (or alternately, Google the title of the article, verbatim from the article itself) 2. Click the appropriate link from Google, so that my referrer will be google.com. When I do that, I still get the pay-walled article. I've tried deleting my wsj cookies and doing the same. I've tried using another computer on another network, with the same result. That raises two questions for me: What am I doing wrong? Why do I get dinged without explanation for suggesting a second approach that does work for me?

Use the web link at the top. Even better is that you get an AMP version of the story.

metafunctor 10y ago

The web link at which top? The link on news.ycombinator.com, which I was responding to, goes to a paywall teaser.

d0ugal 10y ago
"94 points by dcgudeman 1 hour ago | flag | hide | past | web | 95 comments | favorite" The "web" in this line, just below the title. It takes you to a google search.
ericzawo 10y ago
The link at the top of the google result of the headline you should search. (But if you enjoy the WSJ, consider picking up a subscription or a paper from time to time.) :)
robteix 10y ago
Just below the headline in hackernews, you'll see a small "toolbar" of links: > N points by someone 2 hours ago | flag | hide | past | web | N comments | favorite The OP was referring to the one that says "web"
- metafunctor 10y ago
  Interesting, didn't realize the Hacker News had a paywall workaround built in. Let's just hope Rupert Murdoch doesn't sue us all.
  - randomanybody 10y ago
    I hope he does try to sue for a link to google which has a link to his own site which behaves in a certain way based on the if HTTP_REFERER header says it was from google. He could stop the behavior at any time by changing his own code. It would set a good public precedent to help curtail such buffoonery moving forward.

psykpsyk 10y ago

If I or you cloaked website content ww would get delisted by google...

khedoros1 10y ago

That hasn't worked for me, for several months now. I've had good luck with a Firefox add-on called Paywall-pass, though.

khedoros1 10y ago
Rather than a down-vote, I'd be interested in some suggestions about what I'm doing wrong. 1. Click "web" (or alternately, Google the title of the article, verbatim from the article itself) 2. Click the appropriate link from Google, so that my referrer will be google.com. When I do that, I still get the pay-walled article. I've tried deleting my wsj cookies and doing the same. I've tried using another computer on another network, with the same result. That raises two questions for me: What am I doing wrong? Why do I get dinged without explanation for suggesting a second approach that does work for me?