4 ms·
What domains? I read (or click through) to most everything that hits the front page and never hit paywalls, except for academic journals. As annoying as it is
by gaustin 16y ago
What domains?
I read (or click through) to most everything that hits the front page and never hit paywalls, except for academic journals.
As annoying as it is to be blocked by a paywall, I don't think that's a valid criteria for censorship. Good content is good content, and often the comments on HN are worth more than the article itself.
- byoung2 16y agoNYTimes sometimes has a paywall, other times it doesn't...maybe the articles are free for a limited time. Usually you can get around the paywall by googling the article title and clicking on it in the results...they have to show Google the full page if they want it indexed.
- corin_ 16y agoThe term "paywall" requires there to be a payment involved, which is not the case with NYTimes.
- Tichy 16y agoRegistering somewhere is not free. Apart from the invested time and wasted memory brain cells for the password there is also the never ending stream of spam that is to be expected from then on. Also I think physical addresses are sold for several dollars a piece? So signing up somewhere with my address is worth at least that amount.
- ugh 16y agoSince I created an account for nytimes.com in 2007 (I needed access to the complete archive for a project and paid $7.95 for it) I received the amazing amount of two e-mails, one confirming my order and one confirming the cancellation of the subscription after the project was finished. In the following years I was never again asked to pay for any article I wanted to read and I never again received an e-mail. I really wouldn’t worry about creating an account for nytimes.com.
- Tichy 16y agoStill, I don't know in advance if that is true. Also are you sure that you haven't received spam mail from other entities than NYT, who got your address from the NYT?
- corin_ 16y agoPersonally I think it's shocking that YCombinator have put up a paywall to HN, this site should be free to read. (I'm using time and brain cells reading it, right?)