I don't think morality has anything to do with HN's action/lack of action here. They are likely just balancing risk & reward. How much work to enable auto pay

I don't think morality has anything to do with HN's action/lack of action here. They are likely just balancing risk & reward. How much work to enable auto paywall busting? >$0 How much reward? $0 How much extra risk that a publisher will make your life difficult, regardless of morality or the letter of the law? >0% I can't imagine why they would bother when HN users seem happy enough to do the work for free.