Everyone just clears cache to reset the article counters anyway, this just makes it more convenient. If newspapers really want to lock down their content they a

Everyone just clears cache to reset the article counters anyway, this just makes it more convenient. If newspapers really want to lock down their content they are free to do so. If you’ve ever seen or used a Bloomberg terminal that is a great example of how to do it. However they know that will never work on a public scale as long as there is a single free source of news anywhere, so they don’t do that.