You should look up the many comments about this topic by HN moderator Dang: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20paywall%

You should look up the many comments about this topic by HN moderator Dang: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20paywall%20workaround&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20paywall%20workaround&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... The decision (and community consensus) is that paywalled sites are OK if there is a known workaround. Usually someone will post a workaround in the comments. Usually the workaround involves https://archive.is https://archive.is. If none exists, the article shouldn't be on HN and you should flag it. Longtime HN users accept that this is the least-worst resolution to the issue. The more-worst version would be that nothing with a paywall is ever allowed, meaning that content from some of the world's leading publications (NY Times, Washington Post, The Economist, WSJ) would never be seen here. HN could never claim to be a place for discussing the most important topics if those publications were excluded.