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Is there a non-paywalled version?
by apsec112 2y ago
Is there a non-paywalled version?
- snek_case 2y agoCan we petition for HN to block paywalled and ad-riddled content? As it is there's an incentive to spam paywalled content around social media websites to earn yourself more money. Additional point: we can't have a balanced community discussion if only a small percentage of viewers have access to the full article. This is a community website, so we should favor content that is openly shareable.
- dang 2y agoRe paywalls: if there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=paywalls%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 The converse is also true: if there's not a workaround, it's not ok.
- OutOfHere 2y agoIs there a link to an unpaywalled version?
- dang 2y agoAs far as I know, there is no workaround in this case.
- bbor 2y agoWell Mr. Dang, we've got a new edge case for you lol: An article with substantive content before the paywall, but that doesn't have any workarounds for the rest of the article. I would love to be proven wrong, but AFAICT we'd need a subscriber to this particular person's Substack to host a version for us.
- dang 2y agoYes, that was my point as well.
- richwater 2y agoThe blind hatred of paywalled content is exactly how we ended up with an ad-riddled shitty internet.
- tzs 2y ago> Additional point: we can't have a balanced community discussion if only a small percentage of viewers have access to the full article It's pretty common on non-paywalled articles for only a small percentage to read the article, yet we often manage to have balanced discussions of those.