Most people on HN are not WSJ subscribers. Given that the purpose of posting links on HN is to be able to discuss them, WSJ links should either a) not be poste

Most people on HN are not WSJ subscribers. Given that the purpose of posting links on HN is to be able to discuss them, WSJ links should either a) not be posted here, or b) they should have a paywall workaround automatically built-in. The entire reason that the "web" link exists is because it was assumed that sites would not risk being deindexed by Google for cloaking, and would therefore disable their paywalls when Google was the referrer. WSJ is the only major site that has chosen to brazenly run afoul of Google's cloaking policy (sadly, they have not yet suffered the consequences). So they warrant special treatment here, and by implementation of the "web" link, HN has already shown that it is willing to assist in paywall bypass.