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For those who struggle with the pay wall: check your local library's (online) membership, it might come with the worldwide library card, which might include the
by kmarc 1y ago
For those who struggle with the pay wall: check your local library's (online) membership, it might come with the worldwide library card, which might include the New Scientist magazine.
Mine does, and therefore I can "borrow" (read for free) articles that make it to the mag.
- typpilol 1y agoOr just download the extension that bypasses pay walls lol
- stevenwoo 1y agoI've been doing this for New Scientist and a few other magazines and there's always a few articles that I have found interesting that don't make it to hacker news (the whole magazine with ads comes digitally), though many of the pieces are very short half page articles that mention something new that one has to follow up on one's own for detailed information and there's regular columns like book reviews. This magazine via Libby feature is the only thing that makes me miss having an ipad or larger mobile device for reading convenience. I assume the magazine is paid for by our local library system for access so in some small way there is compensation making its way to the creators which if someone is worried about supporting them, is one way besides a subscription. (I have stopped print subscriptions because I always end up with repository of stuff I need to recycle or throw away).
- kmarc 1y agoI got an iPad many years ago from my employer. I literally only use it for libby :-)
- kazinator 1y agoIn this case we can just wave bye-bye to the magazine and head to the freely available Arxiv paper they are writing about.
- viciousvoxel 1y agoIf you use an ad blocker, just disable inline scripts
- groby_b 1y agoOr, you know, you could use a mechanism that actually guarantees them some revenue and doesn't just burn the publication to the ground because you feel entitled to free access.