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> 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"

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"