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dreamdu5t | 7 years ago

Paywalls aren’t enshrined by any law. You’re misinformed.

the web is public, despite SV’s best attempts to subvert and exploit that. If you don’t want someone accessing information don’t publish it as a website that anyone can access.

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__d|7 years ago

Does that apply to online banking as well?

If it's legitimate for a bank to hide your data behind a username and password, how is a journalism-provider any different?

cipherzero|7 years ago

Does your bank allow your account to be indexed by google?

realusername|7 years ago

because there's no username and passwords for paywalls...

_em6m|7 years ago

Okey. So how about respecting the right of those who use paywalls to get money for the content they create?

Just because something is on the internet doesn't give you the holly right of getting it for free.

m52go|7 years ago

> Just because something is on the internet doesn't give you the holly right of getting it for free.

Correct. Others have the holy right to charge, and I have the holy right to try getting around it.

austincheney|7 years ago

> Just because something is on the internet doesn't give you the holly right of getting it for free.

Why not?

cipherzero|7 years ago

In my opinion, the problem is because content owners/producers want a double standard. They want people to pay for access but they also want there content indexed so people can find it. So if this tool makes it so that the site treats me as an indexer than so what?

Have you ever been in a conversation where someone talks about something and you said “hey I read this cool article on that, let me send it to you.” If so, guess what - you were the search engine for that conversation. Should you then have access to view the non-paywalled content?

So yeah, I have no issue with this add on. If they didn’t want the double standard - to allow free access for some and not others - it is easily possible and in their full control to prevent add ons like these (think of any admin site or service for which you have to login before seeing/do anything.)

Content producers have a choice and they’re choosing to be bullies. I have no moral or ethical qualms when it comes to dealing with bullies or double standards.

Just my two cents.