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Paywall bypass: https://archive.is/oWcIr

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[-] Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago

Christ, I miss when I could click on an article and not be asked to sign up for it.

[-] Yaztromo@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

You know, I remember way back in the day when…


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…and that’s why I’m no longer welcome in New Zealand. Crazy!

[-] tonytins@pawb.social 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh, right! Thanks for reminding me. I tried to archive it the last time but it took forever.

Edit. There ya' go: https://archive.is/oWcIr

As I have adblock mostly because of the abuse of trackers, I understand people trying to monetize their work.

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Journalists monetizing their work is totally reasonable. The problem for me is that it seems unfair to ask that literally everyone trying to read an article have to sign up. Maybe I’m missing something.

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