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Annoying paywall, how is businessinsider.com even allowed on HN nowadays? Here is the full article: http://archive.is/1oTMU http://archive.is/1oTMU > While Ist

Annoying paywall, how is businessinsider.com even allowed on HN nowadays? Here is the full article: http://archive.is/1oTMU http://archive.is/1oTMU > While Istio is an open-source project — meaning anybody, anywhere can contribute code Seems the meaning of open source is getting more and more perverse as time goes on. Open source never has meant that anyone can contribute code, it's just about you being able to use/modify the code as you wish. In no way does open source projects automatically means they have an open governance, although those two licenses/methods are often combined together.

pndy 6y ago
> Annoying paywall, how is businessinsider.com even allowed on HN nowadays? Just a "funny" thing to share: because of adblocking extensions I'm unable load any of their articles - whatever I click from BI, no matter if it's US or Polish version, I'm getting 404.
- paulie_a 6y ago
  Don't worry too much. It's business insider, even of the page works the content is 404.
- consumer451 6y ago
  I have my iOS Safari set to display webpages in Reader View by default. Among the benefits is that BI’s paywall is avoided. I imagine that Reader Mode would also work for this purpose on Firefox desktop. Also, I have Firefox Focus set as a Safari content blocker and have no issues.
  - hbogert 6y ago
    If you're fast enough to click the reader button, the paywall is indeed omitted
MereInterest 6y ago
I feel like that is a consequence of people being so entrenched in a centralized mindset that the possibility of a user customizing their own version of the software doesn't even occur to them. Open source is frequently touted as allowing anyone to make changes to the software to suit their needs. If somebody hears that while having the incorrect mental model of a single canonical version of software, I can see how they would assume that anyone can contribute to that single canonical version.

pndy 6y ago

> Annoying paywall, how is businessinsider.com even allowed on HN nowadays? Just a "funny" thing to share: because of adblocking extensions I'm unable load any of their articles - whatever I click from BI, no matter if it's US or Polish version, I'm getting 404.

paulie_a 6y ago
Don't worry too much. It's business insider, even of the page works the content is 404.
consumer451 6y ago
I have my iOS Safari set to display webpages in Reader View by default. Among the benefits is that BI’s paywall is avoided. I imagine that Reader Mode would also work for this purpose on Firefox desktop. Also, I have Firefox Focus set as a Safari content blocker and have no issues.
- hbogert 6y ago
  If you're fast enough to click the reader button, the paywall is indeed omitted

MereInterest 6y ago

I feel like that is a consequence of people being so entrenched in a centralized mindset that the possibility of a user customizing their own version of the software doesn't even occur to them. Open source is frequently touted as allowing anyone to make changes to the software to suit their needs. If somebody hears that while having the incorrect mental model of a single canonical version of software, I can see how they would assume that anyone can contribute to that single canonical version.