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[Unrelated to the topic] Not sure if HN should allow articles that are behind a pay wall like WSJ. Thought?
by Sytten 8y ago
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Not sure if HN should allow articles that are behind a pay wall like WSJ. Thought?
- imron 8y agoThis comes up every time someone posts to WSJ. They have relevant and interesting articles so the real solution is buy a subscriptions or use one of the many workarounds. Outline works well: https://outline.com/www.wsj.com/articles/can-you-handle-it-bosses-ban-cellphones-from-meetings-1526470250 https://outline.com/www.wsj.com/articles/can-you-handle-it-b...
- Sytten 8y agoI was not referring only to WSJ. I don't believe it is realistic to expect people to pay for every pay wall that exists. Thanks for the link though, I will use it.
- majormajor 8y agoI may not subscribe to everything, but I need to see the links to the content behind the paywalls to help me decide which to subscribe to.
- imron 8y ago> I don't believe it is realistic to expect people to pay for every pay wall that exists. I don't either, but most paywalls are porous.
- expiredtofu 8y agoIt is a bit annoying, but you can click the "web" link right underneath the title, which sends you to a google search of the title [1]. Clicking the WSJ result gives you a paywall bypass. [1]https://www.google.com/search?q=The%20Boss%20Who%20Banned%20Phones%2C%20and%20What%20Came%20Next https://www.google.com/search?q=The%20Boss%20Who%20Banned%20...
- Sytten 8y agoNot working for me, but maybe depends on the country of the request?
- mdip 8y agoI believe this happens if you've already visited a link to the article (that's what happened to me). Try opening a private browser session, paste in the google link and click through to the article and it should bypass correctly (it worked for me!) :)