Rather than workarounds, it is preferable to have media on The Internet free by default, since there are so many workarounds for people who don't want to pay a

Rather than workarounds, it is preferable to have media on The Internet free by default, since there are so many workarounds for people who don't want to pay a cent for anything on the web. Yes, news outlets need to make money, but there are other ways of doing that instead of relying on 'paywalls'. Why not the sponsored articles route (providing you let your readers know for sure it's sponsored)?