Ask HN: Consider banning paywalled articles like those from wsj.com please
I can't read the paywalled articles on wsj.com anymore. So it's breaking my web experience of reading HN. The first post on the page is mostly a TLDR or a link to an alternative article instead of a real comment. For example the current #1 post : Samsung to Permanently Discontinue Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone (wsj.com) - https://gyazo.com/440858bfcc2f94d912a087ca2ef7ce26 There will always be a discussion about paywalled articles and or alternative sources, which takes the discussion away from the topic and there is a high chance that this will be a top comment ( because of upvotes). The current #1 link and #7 link are currently unusable to me : https://gyazo.com/578b105ce67f9b6d14cefe0dfeb43efb The trick with bypassing it through the web doesn't work for me anymore ( and multiple others). This was good in the past, but not anymore. An alternative
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I can't read the paywalled articles on wsj.com anymore. So it's breaking my web experience of reading HN. The first post on the page is mostly a TLDR or a link to an alternative article instead of a real comment. For example the current #1 post : Samsung to Permanently
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- NicoJuicy
- Ended
- 2016
- Source
- hackernews