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Their business model has been broken for years. It’s not incumbent on me to help them survive.

• shaki-dora 8y ago
  Yes, but considering you seem to be keen on reading their content: have you considered that their survival may, just possibly, be in your interest?
  • pedrocr 8y ago
    That's a great discussion to be had anywhere but on an HN thread about how those same organizations are trying to create a precedent for limiting the kind of software you can choose to run on your own computer. These organizations are making the issue harder and harder for themselves by consistently arguing for insane concessions from society and other companies after they were caught napping during the biggest technological revolution in their business since the printing press. We should definitely have discussions on how to have a healthy press in the digital age but that should never include putting up with bullshit like this
  • zcid 8y ago
    If he felt that way, he would probably have a subscription. I will reiterate what several other posters have said: it's up to publications like WSJ to ensure their content isn't available to unauthorized users. If they're sending content out, they should not be upset that it's being consumed.
  • pessimizer 8y ago
    I've read stormfront threads, too. Additionally, it just seems incoherent to me to pay for things that I read; I pay for things that I want other people to read.