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Comment by utopcell | Hacker News Reader

Thank you posting the archive link, but the problem is that if the article is not accessible, this becomes an ad posting for the site.

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Check the HN FAQ. Paywalled sites are fine for submissions as long as there's a workaround (and there is here), and whining about it (as the person I responded to did) is considered off-topic. It takes about 10 seconds to pull up an archive link and maybe 5-10 seconds more to submit it, only slightly longer than it takes to write and submit a useless comment about how it is paywalled.

1. There was no workaround published when he commented. 2. Why not just use the working workaround link in the first place?

> There was no workaround published when he commented.

There was, I'd posted it an hour earlier than their comment.

> Why not just use the working workaround link in the first place?

Who knows, who cares. It takes < 20 seconds to get an archive.org copy and post it yourself. Only a few seconds more than it takes to whine, and a lot more productive.

Circumventing paywalls is one of the earliest side quests and unlocks other features of the site.

Which is crazy to me. This websites policy is "Hey, websites that want their writers paid fairly can only be submitted if us users can find a way to bypass this and pirate their content for free".

I'm not going to sign up to NYTimes, but journalists do need to receive payment for the work they do and you've got essentially one of the biggest tech forums actively helping users avoid that.

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