Ask HN: Can We Stop Submitting News Articles Behind Paywalls

3 points by thezach 12y ago ↗ HN

I know there are ways around it - but its annoying to have to take an extra minute to read something that I find interesting.

For every article posted thats behind a paywall, there are likely hundreds of others that aren't and still from a reputible source.

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karangoeluw 12y ago ↗

It's not a question of whether we can or not, but how to do it.

Journalism has been struggling a lot to come up with ways to make money from their content without messing the user experience.

ScottWhigham 12y ago ↗

Inevitably it leads to someone being "helpful" who posts the text in the comments (which may or may not lead to a DMCA notice to HN). I don't get why people post them either.

DanBC 12y ago ↗

People don't always know if something is behind a paywall - you might have reached the read limit before they have etc.

I would much rather people posted paywallsd content than content from sites with scumbag ads, but I recognise this is just my personal preference.