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I didn't say "Paywalls break the web", I have no problem with paywalls, I have a problem with the way The Economist is using URLs. URLs are the standard for ac
by davej 12y ago
I didn't say "Paywalls break the web", I have no problem with paywalls, I have a problem with the way The Economist is using URLs.
URLs are the standard for accessing web documents. A URL is a universal identifier. The referrer is not part of a URL. The Economist's use of URLs is breaking the web.
http://url.spec.whatwg.org/#urls http://url.spec.whatwg.org/#urls