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"It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But p
by mtmail 6y ago
"It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- jiofih 6y agoWhat are existing workarounds for the NYT? They have blocked all of them on mobile.
- Someone 6y agoThis article shows up fine in private mode (iOS)
- mtmail 6y agoA minute after this comment somebody provided a URL with a work-around.
- jiofih 6y agoarchive.is is blocked 99% of the time here. I don’t get why a hacker community puts up with a practice hostile to the open web.
- dang 6y agoThis has been explained so many times that it has long since become off topic. If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. Besides the FAQ that mtmail linked to, there's more explanation here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=paywalls%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989
- nobody9999 6y ago>What are existing workarounds for the NYT? Disable javascript. Which is a good idea on most sites.