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I'm always frustrated by journalists who never mention the case number (why not?), let alone link to a copy of the actual ruling. Here's a PDF of the ruling, I

I'm always frustrated by journalists who never mention the case number (why not?), let alone link to a copy of the actual ruling. Here's a PDF of the ruling, I think it's worth reading: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21814075/cf2dcbbf_4f0b_4762_94fc_6b0f42ede3ff.pdf https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21814075/c...

henryfjordan 6y ago
> why not? Easy: a link off their site doesn't earn them any money. They want to you stay on their domain.
- alkonaut 6y ago
  Is there a news site that does the opposite? Always cites sources, provide ample links throughout text? that’s the site I’d subscribe to.
  - aptgetrekt 6y ago
    Exactly! Ars Technica usually does a pretty good job.
  - joshvm 6y ago
    Believe it or not, Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
    - alkonaut 6y ago
      Thanks. That works for international news reporting. It's a bit thin on local coverage, and anything that is non-news but usually part of a newspaper (opinion/debate, reviews...) isn't there. The easier it is to get the news bit everywhere, the more important the other parts of a newspaper becomes to me.
  - scott31 6y ago
    There is something called Hacker News
  - bshanks 6y ago
    I dunno about always, but in this particular case The Verge hyperlinked to the order in the first sentence of their article: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400240/epic-apple-ruling-unreal-engine-fortnite-temporary-restraining-order https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400240/epic-apple-rulin... (and the greatgrandparent comment has the hyperlink from The Verge)
  - mmmmmbop 6y ago
    This is probably not relevant to you, but there is Republik, a Swiss-German online magazine. They extensively link to their sources (see e.g. [1]). There are no ads, no pop-ups, no donation requests, no paywalls, just a (somewhat expensive) paid subscription. [1] https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.republik.ch/2020/02/01/es-ist-kalt-da-draussen-grossbritannien https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https:/...
- efreak 6y ago
  But a link to a pdf (which they can just as easily host themselves) that doesn't link elsewhere isn't going to take you to other websites.
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    Why not embed a PDF viewer into the webpage? I’ve seen some sites do that.
  - Buttons840 6y ago
    If you're reading a PDF then you're not looking at their ads.
    - mdni007 6y ago
      Gotta edit the PDFs to put full page ads in between pages
- paul_f 6y ago
  They just need to learn the magic of: target="_blank"
penagwin 6y ago
Same with all those news articles about "studies" - Why can't I find the DOI on there? The study is the most important part
ihumanable 6y ago
Yea, and it's only an 8 page ruling. Sometimes a news organization is adding value by distilling some dense ruling of hundreds of pages into something digestible, but here, just go read the primary source.

henryfjordan 6y ago

> why not? Easy: a link off their site doesn't earn them any money. They want to you stay on their domain.

alkonaut 6y ago
Is there a news site that does the opposite? Always cites sources, provide ample links throughout text? that’s the site I’d subscribe to.
- aptgetrekt 6y ago
  Exactly! Ars Technica usually does a pretty good job.
- joshvm 6y ago
  Believe it or not, Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
  - alkonaut 6y ago
    Thanks. That works for international news reporting. It's a bit thin on local coverage, and anything that is non-news but usually part of a newspaper (opinion/debate, reviews...) isn't there. The easier it is to get the news bit everywhere, the more important the other parts of a newspaper becomes to me.
- scott31 6y ago
  There is something called Hacker News
- bshanks 6y ago
  I dunno about always, but in this particular case The Verge hyperlinked to the order in the first sentence of their article: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400240/epic-apple-ruling-unreal-engine-fortnite-temporary-restraining-order https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21400240/epic-apple-rulin... (and the greatgrandparent comment has the hyperlink from The Verge)
- mmmmmbop 6y ago
  This is probably not relevant to you, but there is Republik, a Swiss-German online magazine. They extensively link to their sources (see e.g. [1]). There are no ads, no pop-ups, no donation requests, no paywalls, just a (somewhat expensive) paid subscription. [1] https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.republik.ch/2020/02/01/es-ist-kalt-da-draussen-grossbritannien https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https:/...
efreak 6y ago
But a link to a pdf (which they can just as easily host themselves) that doesn't link elsewhere isn't going to take you to other websites.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  Why not embed a PDF viewer into the webpage? I’ve seen some sites do that.
- Buttons840 6y ago
  If you're reading a PDF then you're not looking at their ads.
  - mdni007 6y ago
    Gotta edit the PDFs to put full page ads in between pages
paul_f 6y ago
They just need to learn the magic of: target="_blank"

penagwin 6y ago

Same with all those news articles about "studies" - Why can't I find the DOI on there? The study is the most important part

ihumanable 6y ago

Yea, and it's only an 8 page ruling. Sometimes a news organization is adding value by distilling some dense ruling of hundreds of pages into something digestible, but here, just go read the primary source.