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Link has a paywall (well, mandatory registration: "To keep reading this story, create a free account").

by pwmarcz 6y ago

scottlocklin 6y ago
https://archive.is/pY6Do https://archive.is/pY6Do Worth the trouble
- acidburnNSA 6y ago
  Dang, archive.is is still blocking DNS requests from Cloudflare... [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317
- not2b 6y ago
  Or clear your cookies for the site, and you get three new ones.
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johnr2 6y ago
> Link has a paywall I'm not seeing a paywall in Firefox with NoScript or in Dillo (which has no JavaScript support).
- Shared404 6y ago
  Can confirm that Medium does not have any walls with Firefox+NoScript.
  - jolmg 6y ago
    You two might not have used up your free stories. I'm seeing the following: > You have 2 free stories left this month. Sign up and get an extra one for free. Presumably, if I read 2 more stories on medium, I'll get a paywall, too. Unless I sign up, then I'd get a paywall after reading one more story.
    - Shared404 6y ago
      I've definitely read more than two stories with NoScript enabled. I also block cookies, that may be whats doing it. Edit: Just went to past submissions from medium.com, opened up about seven. No paywall showing.
      - a1369209993 6y ago
        I'll second "I think it's cookies, but can't authoritatively confim". (I use wget, which doesn't save cookies across processes unless explicitly told to.)
        Shared404 6y ago
        How's using wget for standard web browsing? I've thought about trying but haven't had motivation.
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wtracy 6y ago
Opening Medium in an incognito window has so far away been enough for me to get past that. Also, are we due for a snappier phrase than "requires registration"? Loginwall, registerwall, accountwall?
- jhardy54 6y ago
  In my mind it's still a paywall, it just costs time + attention + privacy.
  - a1369209993 6y ago
    Very much this. I think it's worth fighting against anyone who tries to dismiss these as not actually "pay"walls just because they don't require literal money, although I'd understand if other people want to head off that line of apologism in advance.

Link has a paywall (well, mandatory registration: "To keep reading this story, create a free account").

scottlocklin 6y ago

https://archive.is/pY6Do https://archive.is/pY6Do Worth the trouble

acidburnNSA 6y ago
Dang, archive.is is still blocking DNS requests from Cloudflare... [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828317
not2b 6y ago
Or clear your cookies for the site, and you get three new ones.

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johnr2 6y ago

> Link has a paywall I'm not seeing a paywall in Firefox with NoScript or in Dillo (which has no JavaScript support).

Shared404 6y ago
Can confirm that Medium does not have any walls with Firefox+NoScript.
- jolmg 6y ago
  You two might not have used up your free stories. I'm seeing the following: > You have 2 free stories left this month. Sign up and get an extra one for free. Presumably, if I read 2 more stories on medium, I'll get a paywall, too. Unless I sign up, then I'd get a paywall after reading one more story.
  - Shared404 6y ago
    I've definitely read more than two stories with NoScript enabled. I also block cookies, that may be whats doing it. Edit: Just went to past submissions from medium.com, opened up about seven. No paywall showing.
    - a1369209993 6y ago
      I'll second "I think it's cookies, but can't authoritatively confim". (I use wget, which doesn't save cookies across processes unless explicitly told to.)
      - Shared404 6y ago
        How's using wget for standard web browsing? I've thought about trying but haven't had motivation.
        deleted 6y ago
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wtracy 6y ago

Opening Medium in an incognito window has so far away been enough for me to get past that. Also, are we due for a snappier phrase than "requires registration"? Loginwall, registerwall, accountwall?

jhardy54 6y ago
In my mind it's still a paywall, it just costs time + attention + privacy.
- a1369209993 6y ago
  Very much this. I think it's worth fighting against anyone who tries to dismiss these as not actually "pay"walls just because they don't require literal money, although I'd understand if other people want to head off that line of apologism in advance.