I agree with you. Unfortunately dang disagrees and has explicitly threatened removing the ability to flag from those who choose to flag stories for this reason:

I agree with you. Unfortunately dang disagrees and has explicitly threatened removing the ability to flag from those who choose to flag stories for this reason: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9717601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9717601 If you really hate paywalls, the only real solution is to find a different online community.