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Once they start blocking archive.is I'll probably care more

It's a major national US newspaper -- many, many people have subscriptions.

Well, I live in Germany, and I'm not going to subscribe to a major national US newspaper just for the few articles that get linked here. If they had a micropayment alternative for single articles I would consider it however...

Which is all fair enough. I'm opposing pluc's point that this type of post should perhaps be disallowed:

> I don't understand why this content is allowed.

It's certainly an appropriate post for a US-centric forum.

> I don't understand why this content is allowed.

Because a workaround is available.

> And I'm not going to buy a subscription for the three articles I read every month.

Then click the link in the comment you replied to and read it.