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I used to be bugged by this too, but since I've gotten used to opening NYT links using "open link in Incognito Window", I'm a happy camper.
by ivan_ah 13y ago
I used to be bugged by this too, but since I've gotten used to opening NYT links using "open link in Incognito Window", I'm a happy camper.
- oneeyedpigeon 13y agoThe question specifically says: "Although it's easy to bypass some of these 'paywalls', it would be kind of unfair to these companies."
- ivan_ah 13y agoI saw that, actually. It is precisely the vague wording used in that phrase that prompted my comment. Saying it is "easy" in the context of HN could make it seem like you can write a script to do it from the command line or a bookmarklet or something. I figured I would share this trivial "hack" I learned about recently... Though you raise an interesting point about "fairness." These people are trying to make paywalls for content work. It's the business model that everyone is wondering about... It's interesting to watch the news companies' experiments. I wonder what their figures are... Does the nagware-popover technique work or will the average Internet user figure out how to circumvent this technology?