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Boris Johnson, U.K. Prime Minister, Has the Coronavirus
- pwg 7y agoNo paywall: http://archive.is/nQWzh http://archive.is/nQWzh
- void_nill 7y agoWe are providing free access to the most important news and useful guidance on the coronavirus outbreak to help readers understand the pandemic. Sign up with an email address to read all of the articles on this page.[1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirus
- ColinWright 7y agoThere are those of us who are unwilling to provide our email address to yet another website. There are sites and sources that I am happy to support, but I limit how far widely I spread my email details.
- void_nill 7y agoDo you actually do everything that websites tell you on the Internet without thinking for yourself? You can read the article without attaching an e-mail. Gosh! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/world/coronavirus-news.html#link-2033c0aa https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/world/coronavirus-news.ht...
- ColinWright 7y agoSo you said: > Sign up with an email address to read all of the articles on this page. I said I tend not to sign up for things, and your response is: > Do you actually do everything that websites tell you on the Internet without thinking for yourself? You can read the article without attaching an e-mail. Gosh! I was replying to what you said. If you choose to be misleading, don't then accuse me of not thinking.
- masonic 7y agoThe term for this is loginwall, not paywall.
- ColinWright 7y agoPreviously on HN: twitter.com : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22701960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22701960 (51 points, 20 comments, flagged) bbc.com : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22702083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22702083 (20 points, 9 comments) theguardian.com : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22702005 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22702005 (15 points, no comments)
- Zenst 7y agoI see nothing constructive to debate here, so I'm flagging this.