I am consistently infuriated by HN’s baffling insistence on supporting paywalled articles. I’ve recently had a similar issue with the Toronto Star. Cancelling

I am consistently infuriated by HN’s baffling insistence on supporting paywalled articles. I’ve recently had a similar issue with the Toronto Star. Cancelling was a bloody nightmare. Honestly - if you post a news article here to HN, it should be able to be read by everyone. Without having to hack around it. Beyond the shady practices of these journalism subscription sites; it’s also just ethically on brand for HN - who’s largely part of the open source crowd - many of whom support Sci-Hub, etc - to post paywalled links. dang has tried to defend their perspective themselves in comments to me personally; but I sincerely believe (and am allowed to have and express the opinion) - that it’s bullshit no matter what. A lot of people fight the fight in this community that information should be free - and supporting shady journalism companies, and intentionally limiting readership by not auto-posting an non-paywalled alternative doesn’t really help anyone.