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http://archive.is/M9XLp http://archive.is/M9XLp (It would be nice if more people would start doing this. It seems to be the closest we can get to something that just works at the moment.)

manigandham 9y ago
Or we could let the publisher make money... subscribe or skip the article.
- literallycancer 9y ago
  How about not posting pay-walled crap in the first place? It's like telling your friends about an article and then asking them to buy the paper, instead of telling them what it was about.
  - manigandham 9y ago
    Sure, that works too, although I wouldn't call it crap just because you don't subscribe to the publisher either. Judging by your other comment, blocking both ads and paywalls seems rather indefensible if you feel entitled to reading their content.
    - DennisP 9y ago
      Since ads sometimes carry malware, disabling them is just self defense. Paywalls are marginally sensible for really major publishers, but not that sensible because we're in an environment where we consume articles individually from lots of different sources. Micropayments per article could work if enough of the article is available for free so I can decide whether it's worth paying a tiny bit to read the rest. To get halfway back to the original topic, maybe cryptocurrency could help with that.
      - manigandham 9y ago
        Then don't read it? A payment model you don't like doesn't mean you still get to have the product. I don't like how some software has only annual licenses but I don't get to run it anyway because I don't think it's fair.
        xor1 9y ago
        Your initial complaint is that the publisher should be allowed to make money. What difference does it make to you if someone reads without giving them ad revenue or doesn't read it at all?
        manigandham 9y ago
        What difference does anyone's behavior in the world make to you? If that's the question then nothing is worth discussing unless you're directly affected by it and really doesn't lead anywhere productive.
- mwilkison 9y ago
  I just tried to subscribe. Their registration is broken.
literallycancer 9y ago
Make WSJ & NYTimes Great Again: https://github.com/njuljsong/wsjUnblock https://github.com/njuljsong/wsjUnblock
QML 9y ago
Add “outline.com/“ to the front of the url — it also gets past the paywall.
- neonate 9y ago
  Thanks!
justboxing 9y ago
Outline is even better. https://outline.com/YgWtxK https://outline.com/YgWtxK

http://archive.is/M9XLp http://archive.is/M9XLp (It would be nice if more people would start doing this. It seems to be the closest we can get to something that just works at the moment.)

manigandham 9y ago

Or we could let the publisher make money... subscribe or skip the article.

literallycancer 9y ago
How about not posting pay-walled crap in the first place? It's like telling your friends about an article and then asking them to buy the paper, instead of telling them what it was about.
- manigandham 9y ago
  Sure, that works too, although I wouldn't call it crap just because you don't subscribe to the publisher either. Judging by your other comment, blocking both ads and paywalls seems rather indefensible if you feel entitled to reading their content.
  - DennisP 9y ago
    Since ads sometimes carry malware, disabling them is just self defense. Paywalls are marginally sensible for really major publishers, but not that sensible because we're in an environment where we consume articles individually from lots of different sources. Micropayments per article could work if enough of the article is available for free so I can decide whether it's worth paying a tiny bit to read the rest. To get halfway back to the original topic, maybe cryptocurrency could help with that.
    - manigandham 9y ago
      Then don't read it? A payment model you don't like doesn't mean you still get to have the product. I don't like how some software has only annual licenses but I don't get to run it anyway because I don't think it's fair.
      - xor1 9y ago
        Your initial complaint is that the publisher should be allowed to make money. What difference does it make to you if someone reads without giving them ad revenue or doesn't read it at all?
        manigandham 9y ago
        What difference does anyone's behavior in the world make to you? If that's the question then nothing is worth discussing unless you're directly affected by it and really doesn't lead anywhere productive.
mwilkison 9y ago
I just tried to subscribe. Their registration is broken.

literallycancer 9y ago

Make WSJ & NYTimes Great Again: https://github.com/njuljsong/wsjUnblock https://github.com/njuljsong/wsjUnblock

QML 9y ago

Add “outline.com/“ to the front of the url — it also gets past the paywall.

neonate 9y ago
Thanks!

justboxing 9y ago

Outline is even better. https://outline.com/YgWtxK https://outline.com/YgWtxK