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I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscri

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

inteleng 9y ago
If you hit the "web" button, you can usually bypass the wall. I was able to read the article just fine, even though I don't have a subscription. "Simultaneous consumption" is one of my new favourite phrases, actually.
wyattpeak 9y ago
Most of the sites show their content to archiving services. If you go to archive.is and enter the URL, you'll see the content.
- pcf 9y ago
  Thanks, I wasn't aware of this.
tlarkworthy 9y ago
Economist works with JS disabled
byte1918 9y ago
On Firefox with uBlock Origin and I could read the whole article without any extra steps. And also yes, I agree, this post only has a few comments but others that have more and require a form of subscription to continue reading make me feel the same way.
Markoff 9y ago
I use Brave browser on Android and can see whole article.
geff82 9y ago
I use the private mode of a browser to get around article limits.
deleted 9y ago
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sdenton4 9y ago
Incognito mode is also a good bypass for N articles per month type paywalls.
- hellofunk 9y ago
  Very good to know, thanks. I tried it and indeed you are correct.
feelin_googley 9y ago
https://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636612-time-poverty-problem-partly-perception-and-partly-distribution-why?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits https://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636612-t... http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636612-time-poverty-problem-partly-perception-and-partly-distribution-why&num=1&prmd=ivns&strip=1&vwsrc=0 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...
tomhoward 9y ago
http://archive.is/AfhEN http://archive.is/AfhEN
rufius 9y ago
While there are ways to get around the paywall, the Economist is probably one of the few publications I’d say is absolutely worth paying for. That said - a lot of folks have access to sites like NYT and WSJ through work.

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

inteleng 9y ago

If you hit the "web" button, you can usually bypass the wall. I was able to read the article just fine, even though I don't have a subscription. "Simultaneous consumption" is one of my new favourite phrases, actually.

wyattpeak 9y ago

Most of the sites show their content to archiving services. If you go to archive.is and enter the URL, you'll see the content.

pcf 9y ago
Thanks, I wasn't aware of this.

tlarkworthy 9y ago

Economist works with JS disabled

byte1918 9y ago

On Firefox with uBlock Origin and I could read the whole article without any extra steps. And also yes, I agree, this post only has a few comments but others that have more and require a form of subscription to continue reading make me feel the same way.

Markoff 9y ago

I use Brave browser on Android and can see whole article.

geff82 9y ago

I use the private mode of a browser to get around article limits.

deleted 9y ago

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sdenton4 9y ago

Incognito mode is also a good bypass for N articles per month type paywalls.

hellofunk 9y ago
Very good to know, thanks. I tried it and indeed you are correct.

feelin_googley 9y ago

https://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636612-time-poverty-problem-partly-perception-and-partly-distribution-why?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits https://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636612-t... http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21636612-time-poverty-problem-partly-perception-and-partly-distribution-why&num=1&prmd=ivns&strip=1&vwsrc=0 http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...

tomhoward 9y ago

http://archive.is/AfhEN http://archive.is/AfhEN

rufius 9y ago

While there are ways to get around the paywall, the Economist is probably one of the few publications I’d say is absolutely worth paying for. That said - a lot of folks have access to sites like NYT and WSJ through work.