> The article doesn't appear to be paywalled and I'm reading it just fine without JavaScript enabled. Is an archive really necessary? Not every browser has the

> The article doesn't appear to be paywalled and I'm reading it just fine without JavaScript enabled. Is an archive really necessary? Not every browser has the option to disable JavaScript for a webpage. Yes, of course archive is necessary, as it helps everyone read the article easily, see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html, which points out that complaining about paywalls is not.