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Changing the URL to a paywalled article no one can read isn't very helpful though.
by ginko 4y ago
Changing the URL to a paywalled article no one can read isn't very helpful though.
- xhkkffbf 4y agoNot to be picky, but everyone can read the article. They just have to pay. We have to support journalism some how.
- _emacsomancer_ 4y agoOr, rather: https://web.archive.org/web/20220616142933/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/technology/google-fellowship-of-friends-sect.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220616142933/https://www.nytim...
- noasaservice 4y agoFor the rest of us who don't want to "sign up online and forced to call to cancel": I present Firefox plugin "Bypass Paywalls Clean". Used in conjunction with "Ublock Origin" and you'll have the easiest and best use of the web to date.
- prirun 4y agoI read it with NoScript blocking Javascript.
- danaris 4y agoWhile I agree that journalism needs to be supported somehow, saying that "everyone can read the article" is classist and out of touch. HN's audience extends far outside of the glorious realm of Silicon Valley, where everyone makes 6 figures and never has to worry about money.
- colinmhayes 4y agoIt's incredibly easy to pirate NYT articles. Takes about 15 seconds of googling.
- xhkkffbf 4y ago
- bell-cot 4y ago's/no one can/no one with JS enabled can/'?
- neonate 4y agohttps://archive.ph/9wQxA https://archive.ph/9wQxA