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Cut and pasted: Are paywalls ok? It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article an
by VLM 9y ago
Cut and pasted:
Are paywalls ok?
It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.
In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so.
Now before you 'noob' me I did put in some effort. The old "google the title and click thru from google" doesn't work. Ghostery isn't helping. Adblock Plus isn't helping. Its a clickbait article and there's nothing wrong with that but it is a relevant issue in that I'm not switching browsers to read it.
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- wyldfire 9y agoThe 'web' link is supposed to take you to the "google the title and click through from google" trick. When I clicked on the link directly I did not get a paywall. FWIW I do not have ABP.
- porpoisemonkey 9y agoI've been on HN for almost 4 years now and didn't know about the 'web' link. Thank you!
- DanBC 9y agoIt's especially useful if you right click and open in an incognito window. Still, even with all that the WSJ have tightened their paywall and some people report problems getting around it even using all the tricks.
- VLM 9y agoThank you for the kind effort. But my result was none the less the paywall overlay "You obviously love great journalism. With special savings on our National Digital package, you’ll never miss a single story again."
- dickbasedregex 9y agoI can't be bothered for anything behind a paywall. Seems like a deathknell for any article you actually want read.