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A paywall is not a lock. It is code that someone else wants to ship to my computer to run. It's up to me to decide what parts of it I run or not.
by justinph 8y ago
A paywall is not a lock. It is code that someone else wants to ship to my computer to run. It's up to me to decide what parts of it I run or not.
- Confusion 8y agoNo, it’s not. The jurisprudence is pretty clear.
- fiatjaf 8y agothe jurisprudence of whom? In my own jurisprudence paywalls are viruses.
- Confusion 8y agoThe US of course. Look at the list of sites the plugin works for: none of them cares if you ignore their paywall. The likelihood that you would subscribe is negligible. It’s American readers they are after. And for them the jurisprudence is clear. No deliberate subversion of access controls allowed.