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Use the "web" link to avoid the WSJ paywall.
by syntheticnature 10y ago
Use the "web" link to avoid the WSJ paywall.
- rch 10y agoThat's getting old. I don't use the web link anymore either.
- hartator 10y agoWhy is it getting old? Still working for me at least.
- rch 10y agoClicking the link, then backpedaling to click the 'web' link. It works but it's not generally worth it.
- khedoros1 10y agoMost posts, I'll open the article and comments. Read the article, then the comments. For WSJ posts, I'll load the comments, then decide if I want to bother with the Google trick. If I'm at work, I'll probably skip the whole post, because even if I'm interested in the topic, the Google trick doesn't work there. They're the only place I see regularly where I have to do some workaround to view the content. They clearly have the intention of finding paying users, and I have no interest in paying. Using work-arounds to bypass that brings it more starkly to mind, with a little twinge of almost-guilt each time. It's easier to just skip the story, unless it's something extraordinarily interesting.