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Does everyone else have a subscription to the Washington post? Could we just have a system where we don’t post pay walled articles? It seems hacker news commun

Does everyone else have a subscription to the Washington post? Could we just have a system where we don’t post pay walled articles? It seems hacker news community members are okay with posting web archive links (there are none here) in the comments but why are we even playing this game at all? Let’s not post articles without free sources.

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arcanemachiner 3y ago
I don't disagree. On my mobile browser, though (Cromite), I can disable the Javascript for that site in 3 taps, which fixes the problem.
frogulis 3y ago
Usually someone would post a link to the article on a web archive which has the paywall removed, take a look for that.
OfSanguineFire 3y ago
People post the archive links, so it is fine. Enjoying paid content without paying has been a common thing in the hacker community all the way back to the days of warez on Usenet and BBSs.
pvg 3y ago
It's a long settled issue on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 Accessible link: https://wapo.st/3T5QYnt https://wapo.st/3T5QYnt
thinkcontext 3y ago
I'm always surprised that there are people that read Hacker News that don't know how to get around paywalls.
tzs 3y ago
1. The comments on paywalled articles are often (as is the case for this particular story) useful and interesting even if you have not read the article. I don't see why we should be deprived of an interesting thread just because some people might not have access to the article. 2. No one has to read every HN submission and participate in every thread. If a particular thread does require reading the article to get much out of the thread, do what I do--skip it. 3. If #2 is happening a lot with articles from a particular paywalled source, and it sounds like I really would have enjoyed or found the thread useful, that provides a strong hint that maybe that source is one that I should considered subscribing to.
hnburnsy 3y ago
Add this to the custom filter in uBO... https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters/-/raw/main/bpc-paywall-filter.txt https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filter...
chrisbrandow 3y ago
Why? Would we prefer forcing every publication to use and advertiser-only supported model to fund their work?

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arcanemachiner 3y ago

I don't disagree. On my mobile browser, though (Cromite), I can disable the Javascript for that site in 3 taps, which fixes the problem.

frogulis 3y ago

Usually someone would post a link to the article on a web archive which has the paywall removed, take a look for that.

OfSanguineFire 3y ago

People post the archive links, so it is fine. Enjoying paid content without paying has been a common thing in the hacker community all the way back to the days of warez on Usenet and BBSs.

pvg 3y ago

It's a long settled issue on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 Accessible link: https://wapo.st/3T5QYnt https://wapo.st/3T5QYnt

thinkcontext 3y ago

I'm always surprised that there are people that read Hacker News that don't know how to get around paywalls.

tzs 3y ago

1. The comments on paywalled articles are often (as is the case for this particular story) useful and interesting even if you have not read the article. I don't see why we should be deprived of an interesting thread just because some people might not have access to the article. 2. No one has to read every HN submission and participate in every thread. If a particular thread does require reading the article to get much out of the thread, do what I do--skip it. 3. If #2 is happening a lot with articles from a particular paywalled source, and it sounds like I really would have enjoyed or found the thread useful, that provides a strong hint that maybe that source is one that I should considered subscribing to.

hnburnsy 3y ago

Add this to the custom filter in uBO... https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters/-/raw/main/bpc-paywall-filter.txt https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filter...

chrisbrandow 3y ago

Why? Would we prefer forcing every publication to use and advertiser-only supported model to fund their work?