Because paywalls are trivial to bypass and it's exhausting hearing people constantly complain about them. The GP in this thread has been on HN for 10 years. They should know how to bypass it by now. Hell, four minutes after they posted someone posted the bypassed link.
https://archive.is/w6xmO
In case anyone wonders over the low vote count, for me just now, the link only briefly shows the article before swapping it for a paywall.
just use ublock or noscript (why does that even have to be said on HN?)
https://github.com/liamengland1/miscfilters
it's a fascinating story worth reading
Careful. The last time I mentioned this issue I got told off for it!!!
Really? I'm curious as to why
Because paywalls are trivial to bypass and it's exhausting hearing people constantly complain about them. The GP in this thread has been on HN for 10 years. They should know how to bypass it by now. Hell, four minutes after they posted someone posted the bypassed link.