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Perhaps HN should block links to articles behind paywalls?
by SeanDav 13y ago
Perhaps HN should block links to articles behind paywalls?
- melling 13y agoWhy? The NYT, for instances, gives you 10 free articles a month. Not everything in the world can be free. People need to earn a living.
- SeanDav 13y agoThis is the first time ever I have reached the limit of NYtimes open access so not quite sure why a simple request to look at an article that may or may not be interesting is bringing out all the amateur lawyers and defenders of DRM. Obviously I would buy a subscription if I thought it worth the money. I have spend 1000's of dollars on books, magazine and newspaper subscriptions and will continue to do so in the future. I don't see that value in the NYTimes but do like to read the occasional article. As a matter of principle I never subscribe or buy anything that uses DRM. Paywalls are a grey area (for me) but probably OK for something like a newspaper.
- jknightco 13y agoSo you've read ten articles this month from a publication which you don't think is worth paying for? Does that not seem even the slightest bit hypocritical to you?
- dec0dedab0de 13y agoSo you've read ten articles this month from a publication which you don't think is worth paying for? Actually it just means that he clicked on 10 links that sounded interesting. He may not have actually read them.
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago> So you've read ten articles this month from a publication which you don't think is worth paying for? Yes, many times over. e.g. Hackernews, reddit, facebook, etc....
- theklub 13y agoIf they accepted crypto currency they could just charge per story at .01 or whatever.
- muyuu 13y agoAnything with a paywall IMO is hostile to being shared, thus posting it to HN at all is a bit of a dick move, for all parties involved. I'd downvote if I could.