The HN FAQ[1] has this to say about paywalls: > Are paywalls ok? > It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. > In comments, it'

The HN FAQ[1] has this to say about paywalls: > Are paywalls ok? > 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. More here.[2] In fact, someone posted a link to an unpaywalled copy of the article before you posted your complaint: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26623921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26623921 For that matter, you can read NY Times articles just by disabling cookies/JavaScript on the site with various browser extensions (I use uMatrix in Firefox). [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=paywalls%20by:dang&dateRange=a...