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I like how you can pay $40 per month for the highest tier Apple One bundle, which advertises access to News+, which headlines its offering with access to Wall S

I like how you can pay $40 per month for the highest tier Apple One bundle, which advertises access to News+, which headlines its offering with access to Wall Street Journal, and then you try to open a wsj.com link in the News App, and it says “this article is not available”.

bookofjoe 3y ago
Try this: https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/nvidia-headquarters-santa-clara-california-d2634941?st=kpwqditwjafczgv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/nvidia-headquar... N.B. I subscribe to the highest tier of Apple One Bundle like you; I opened the app and found the story, which is there in its entirety. I wonder what you're doing differently than me...
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  Interesting, that link did open in the News App. Although, it was able to be read in Safari too without the News App. Edit: I tried the OP link again, and while it does not let me read in Safari, this time it did open in News App. So I don’t know, but this isn’t the first time I have gotten the “this article is not available” message when trying to open a wsj.com link in News.
  - bookofjoe 3y ago
    "Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result." By that criterion, the internet is insane.
    - stavros 3y ago
      I guess this explains why I've been flipping this coin for an hour but keep getting heads.
      - bookofjoe 3y ago
        >Scientists Destroy Illusion That Coin Toss Flips Are 50–50 https://archive.ph/LMU4Z https://archive.ph/LMU4Z
AlbertCory 3y ago
Consider archive.ph your browser for paywalled articles. Nearly always for big sites, the article is already archived by someone else.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  Archive stops me with infinite captcha things, I assume due to using iCloud private relay or something?
  - AlbertCory 3y ago
    Can't help with that, sorry. I use plain vanilla Brave, no VPN.
  - jon_adler 3y ago
    Do you use Cloudflare for DNS? See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38232014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38232014

bookofjoe 3y ago

Try this: https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/nvidia-headquarters-santa-clara-california-d2634941?st=kpwqditwjafczgv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/nvidia-headquar... N.B. I subscribe to the highest tier of Apple One Bundle like you; I opened the app and found the story, which is there in its entirety. I wonder what you're doing differently than me...

lotsofpulp 3y ago
Interesting, that link did open in the News App. Although, it was able to be read in Safari too without the News App. Edit: I tried the OP link again, and while it does not let me read in Safari, this time it did open in News App. So I don’t know, but this isn’t the first time I have gotten the “this article is not available” message when trying to open a wsj.com link in News.
- bookofjoe 3y ago
  "Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result." By that criterion, the internet is insane.
  - stavros 3y ago
    I guess this explains why I've been flipping this coin for an hour but keep getting heads.
    - bookofjoe 3y ago
      >Scientists Destroy Illusion That Coin Toss Flips Are 50–50 https://archive.ph/LMU4Z https://archive.ph/LMU4Z

AlbertCory 3y ago

Consider archive.ph your browser for paywalled articles. Nearly always for big sites, the article is already archived by someone else.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
Archive stops me with infinite captcha things, I assume due to using iCloud private relay or something?
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  Can't help with that, sorry. I use plain vanilla Brave, no VPN.
- jon_adler 3y ago
  Do you use Cloudflare for DNS? See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38232014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38232014