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I wish there were a rule against posting paywalled content here.

shittyadmin 8y ago
Yeah - reality is even if I think there's quality journalism worth paying for, subscriptions to those sources often cost $10/mo+, odds are I'm not going to pay for all of them, I'm especially not going to pay for it when it's an article I'm tangentially interested in. Yet participation in some interesting discussions often hinges on it. So here I am, pirating more and more of my news... you'd think someone would have managed to fix this by now. If the record labels and movie studios could pull it off, I'd almost think it'd be easier for news people to do so as getting news for free has long been an expectation on the internet.
- eisa01 8y ago
  You can read WSJ articles for 49 cents at Blendle, no need to bypass with Outline: https://blendle.com/i/wsj-com/on-hold-for-45-minutes-it-might-be-your-secret-customer-score/bnl-wsj-20181101-SB10356030888037374631904584524242419670598 https://blendle.com/i/wsj-com/on-hold-for-45-minutes-it-migh...
  - shittyadmin 8y ago
    Yikes, that gives me some major sticker shock. I like where they're going, seems like they've got a lot of papers signed up which is great, but I was hoping for more of a subscription model which would allow me to read as I please rather than spending on a per-article basis. I'd have to be deeply interested in the content to pay that price. The way the movie and music industries largely beat piracy was by getting good subscription models - I'm hoping we'll see the same here too.
    - eisa01 8y ago
      If you don't think the article is worth it, you can get a refund with one click at least. NY Times articles are 19 cents. Yes, a subscription model would be useful. Blendle has that in the Netherlands to my knowledge.
Godel_unicode 8y ago
Is it really that hard to click the "web" link?
dang 8y ago
If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20paywall https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18356886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18356886 and marked it off-topic.

Yeah - reality is even if I think there's quality journalism worth paying for, subscriptions to those sources often cost $10/mo+, odds are I'm not going to pay for all of them, I'm especially not going to pay for it when it's an article I'm tangentially interested in. Yet participation in some interesting discussions often hinges on it. So here I am, pirating more and more of my news... you'd think someone would have managed to fix this by now. If the record labels and movie studios could pull it off, I'd almost think it'd be easier for news people to do so as getting news for free has long been an expectation on the internet.

eisa01 8y ago
You can read WSJ articles for 49 cents at Blendle, no need to bypass with Outline: https://blendle.com/i/wsj-com/on-hold-for-45-minutes-it-might-be-your-secret-customer-score/bnl-wsj-20181101-SB10356030888037374631904584524242419670598 https://blendle.com/i/wsj-com/on-hold-for-45-minutes-it-migh...
- shittyadmin 8y ago
  Yikes, that gives me some major sticker shock. I like where they're going, seems like they've got a lot of papers signed up which is great, but I was hoping for more of a subscription model which would allow me to read as I please rather than spending on a per-article basis. I'd have to be deeply interested in the content to pay that price. The way the movie and music industries largely beat piracy was by getting good subscription models - I'm hoping we'll see the same here too.
  - eisa01 8y ago
    If you don't think the article is worth it, you can get a refund with one click at least. NY Times articles are 19 cents. Yes, a subscription model would be useful. Blendle has that in the Netherlands to my knowledge.

Godel_unicode 8y ago

Is it really that hard to click the "web" link?

dang 8y ago

If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20paywall https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18356886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18356886 and marked it off-topic.