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Thanks. Hacker News should promote non-paywall links, when available, as a general policy. non-paywalls are more user friendly.

• dang 7y ago
  This has been a settled issue for years. You'll find it in the FAQ: 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 comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20033431 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20033431 and marked it off-topic.
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  • qwbfv 7y ago
    Maybe that should reviewed at some point given that 1) more sites are putting up paywalls and 2) they are being made harder and harder to bypass.
• manigandham 7y ago
  HN users are also adblock users. Publishers want to make money so you should expect to see even more paywalls in the future.