There is an easy way to escape the paywall: After a new page opens, wait for the text to load, then after the text is loaded but the rest of the site's infrastructure is still loading, hit Escape to stop loading. Whatever code is responsible for summoning the paywall GUI never finishes loading.
This solution does not work well when trying to open multiple NYT tabs, however.
They've tried to make the paywall as permeable as possible. For instance, if you follow a link from twitter or facebook it wouldn't count. But if you went to the NYTimes directly, it would.
The idea is to tax heavy users and those who have more money than time.
It's far from conclusive, but this trend is a disturbing one.
Do you feel journalists should write articles for free?
Why is purchasing by subscription bad, but selling articles individually good? There are benefits to both. Personally, I'd rather pay a subscription because I read a lot of articles and buying them individually would be a pain in the ass.
If NYT was able to stay profitable with ads on their site, they wouldn't have thrown up the paywall to begin with.