you have a public profile with your real name, employer, and research interests and you're posting about workarounds to not pay a small subscription fee?
And? Who cares?
$14 a month _is_ pretty expensive, especially for some users were used to getting for free for many years.
Also, this is _hacker_ news, have we really reqched the point where even something as benign as a link to an alternative youtube frontend is to risque?
You mean hacking isn't synonymous with corporate bootlicking and supporting the hobbyist-turned-professional monetized locking down of cyberspace by advertisers?