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The scourge of HN submission rules - "you can submit anything and it's up to everyone else to actually be able to access it".

https://archive.is/8R0Fq

The HN rule is that anything can be posted if it is accessible to everyone, including via a paywall workaround if it has a paywall that is porous.

The community has converged on this being the least-worst approach after wrestling with the issue for well over a decade, and it's sufficient to helpfully post the archive link without a snarky editorial comment :)

If I had my 'druthers designing a new link-share/comment system, the visibility (and mirrors or excerpts) for the target would be part of the model.

In other words, an icon showing whatever-wall status, submitter can add an alternate link, etc.

The standard etiquette on HN is not to bother saying that, just post its archive link already.

I guess that's the answer then -- you need a subscription instead of a computer.

i found out that most articles behind paywalls dont even need the wayback machine to be viewed

if you are using firefox, just enter reading mode and you can read the entire article without popups in your preferred background, text color, font, etc