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So this is behind paywall. I am sure Netflix is not marking this story to be behind paywall and Medium can not put this story behind paywall without consent fro

by zerop 7y ago

So this is behind paywall. I am sure Netflix is not marking this story to be behind paywall and Medium can not put this story behind paywall without consent from Netflix.

alexott 7y ago
Yep, i was wondering how company can put their posts that should their “super skills” behind paywall..
manigandham 7y ago
It's not. It's medium.com asking for signin (which is a free account) but you can delete your cookies and reload to view.
- zerop 7y ago
  I am already logged in and it still is a featured story. It's counted against 3 features story I can read in a month. So it is behind paywall. C
  - rad_gruchalski 7y ago
    Then log out. It’s not a paywall. Log out and you can read it. Medium is playing you.
    - tjoff 7y ago
      Proper response: delete account and don't visit medium again. Even better: sites such as hn should never allow links to sites employing dark patterns.
      - manigandham 7y ago
        People are interested in the content. No need for HN to start filtering because the blog service. You can avoid the site if you want.
        tjoff 7y ago
        There most certainly is a pressing need for sites such as HN to start care about stuff like this. If people start to care about being exploited the content will move to a more ethical site. Or it might influence medium.
        manigandham 7y ago
        People don't care though, because they can make their own choices but they're clearly still sharing and reading on medium. You're asking for HN to arbitrarily enforce your wishes on top of what users are doing.
        tjoff 7y ago
        They do, and it is hardly my wishes alone. If 1% don't care and share the crap the other 99% still have to suffer for it.
        rad_gruchalski 7y ago
        That’s assuming the 99% care to suffer. I don‘t, I see a post from wall street journal, I don‘t click. I know it’s a paywall. People have a choice to click or not. I do agree that medium is a bit of a mess where one is „less privileged“ when signed in. But what we should be asking for is the companies like Netflix not using medium in a first place.
        tjoff 7y ago
        Ban medium from HN and companies like netflix will switch in 5 minutes.
  - michaelbrooks 7y ago
    There are plugins to help you fight against Medium's paywall. However, if you didn't want to use a plugin, then you can easily use a private session which circumvents Medium's premium content.
  - manigandham 7y ago
    It's a soft limit by Medium. You don't have to be signed in to read it. Delete your cookies or use a private window.
errantmind 7y ago
You can avoid this issue on Medium and lots of other sites using the firefox add-on Bypass Paywalls: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox
hankjacobs 7y ago
That should be fixed. Thanks for flagging it.

by zerop 7y ago

So this is behind paywall. I am sure Netflix is not marking this story to be behind paywall and Medium can not put this story behind paywall without consent from Netflix.

alexott 7y ago

Yep, i was wondering how company can put their posts that should their “super skills” behind paywall..

manigandham 7y ago

It's not. It's medium.com asking for signin (which is a free account) but you can delete your cookies and reload to view.

zerop 7y ago
I am already logged in and it still is a featured story. It's counted against 3 features story I can read in a month. So it is behind paywall. C
- rad_gruchalski 7y ago
  Then log out. It’s not a paywall. Log out and you can read it. Medium is playing you.
  - tjoff 7y ago
    Proper response: delete account and don't visit medium again. Even better: sites such as hn should never allow links to sites employing dark patterns.
    - manigandham 7y ago
      People are interested in the content. No need for HN to start filtering because the blog service. You can avoid the site if you want.
      - tjoff 7y ago
        There most certainly is a pressing need for sites such as HN to start care about stuff like this. If people start to care about being exploited the content will move to a more ethical site. Or it might influence medium.
        manigandham 7y ago
        People don't care though, because they can make their own choices but they're clearly still sharing and reading on medium. You're asking for HN to arbitrarily enforce your wishes on top of what users are doing.
        tjoff 7y ago
        They do, and it is hardly my wishes alone. If 1% don't care and share the crap the other 99% still have to suffer for it.
        rad_gruchalski 7y ago
        That’s assuming the 99% care to suffer. I don‘t, I see a post from wall street journal, I don‘t click. I know it’s a paywall. People have a choice to click or not. I do agree that medium is a bit of a mess where one is „less privileged“ when signed in. But what we should be asking for is the companies like Netflix not using medium in a first place.
        tjoff 7y ago
        Ban medium from HN and companies like netflix will switch in 5 minutes.
- michaelbrooks 7y ago
  There are plugins to help you fight against Medium's paywall. However, if you didn't want to use a plugin, then you can easily use a private session which circumvents Medium's premium content.
- manigandham 7y ago
  It's a soft limit by Medium. You don't have to be signed in to read it. Delete your cookies or use a private window.

errantmind 7y ago

You can avoid this issue on Medium and lots of other sites using the firefox add-on Bypass Paywalls: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox

hankjacobs 7y ago

That should be fixed. Thanks for flagging it.