That’s actually sort of discouraged by the guidelines (post originals) and the FAQ [1] clarifies this a bit: > Are paywalls ok? > It's ok to post stories from

That’s actually sort of discouraged by the guidelines (post originals) and the FAQ [1] clarifies this a bit: > Are paywalls ok? > It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. > In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic. Though the point of the “web” link up above is basically to perform the google search, which had historically been a whitelisted referer. The FAQ suggests though that we’ve strayed too far off topic :). And fwiw, this is an interesting position piece rather than the usual “Where’s Larry Page?” sequence of articles. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html