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I wish paywalled articles were banned from HN. Just because I can bypass it does not mean it’s worth the effort.
by isatty 5y ago
I wish paywalled articles were banned from HN. Just because I can bypass it does not mean it’s worth the effort.
- mateo1 5y agoUnless you've been living under a rock, you should have noticed that most news publications are now paywalled. It's annoying but you can't just ban journalism. Blogs are dead, smaller websites are drowned by spam and new search engine "algorithms", and if you want a somewhat authoritative news piece you'll find yourself increasingly having to go behind a paywall. What would be nice to see is a universal micropayment system instead of ads and subscriptions, but after a decade or so of nobody implementing one, be glad you can still read what you can without having to spend $200 a month on a dozen subscriptions to cover your needs.
- StavrosK 5y agoThere is one, called, err, coil. Coil.com
- imwillofficial 5y agoThis is exactly what Brave is somewhat successfully solving with BAT token.
- frereubu 5y agoThe Economist is particularly easy though - just turn off JavaScript.
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- kblev 5y agoIs there a tool to bypass paywalls?
- abrookewood 5y agoOn Firefox, I use Bypass Paywalls Clean
- Garvey 5y agoPasting the article URL into the search over at archive.is seems to work for a lot of them
- ullevaal 5y agoYou could consider buying a subscription? I often see links on HN from places I subscribe to, so maybe the people who are voting are actually reading these articles and want to share and discuss them with the rest of the community?
- presentation 5y agoI just wish I didn’t need to buy separate subscriptions for each publication. If I’m only reading one off articles from each based on others’ recommendations the individual publication subscription doesn’t really express what I’m trying to achieve.
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- freshair 5y agoJust how many $5/mo subscriptions do you expect people buy, and how much does that all add up to per year? The privilege here is real.
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- ullevaal 5y agoI don’t expect people to do anything, I’m just trying to give perspective as to why someone might upvote an article they enjoyed.
- numpad0 5y agoQuality journalism needs to be paid, though paid how is an open question
- creshal 5y agoMaking people buy a subscription for every single newspaper on the planet is definitely not a working solution.
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- gandalfian 5y agoI hear some scurilious dogs put the link into outline.com and often get the article text. No comments though.