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Why do people keep posting paid articles here? Most people don't have subscriptions
by tijuco2 6y ago
Why do people keep posting paid articles here? Most people don't have subscriptions
- pabs3 6y agoMost paywalls are trivial to bypass with a new browser profile or deleting cookies or disabling JavaScript. Some like the WSJ paywall can be bypassed using archive sites like archive.is, archive.org or outline.com. For example: https://archive.is/20200720034756/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-next-phase-of-the-retail-apocalypse-stores-reborn-as-e-commerce-warehouses-11595044859 https://archive.is/20200720034756/https://www.wsj.com/articl...
- zorpner 6y agoIf you're not paying to read it, someone else is paying to have you read it.
- taneq 6y agoAnd if you are paying to read it, someone else is still paying to have you read it.
- mattmanser 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
- OJFord 6y agoBecause there's no rule against it, a significant enough minority do have (perhaps corporate network-wide) subscriptions, and the paywalls can often be bypassed anyway for those that don't.