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hueving on Sept 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tell HN: Paywalls with workarounds are OK; paywall...

It's not really ironic though. This is a site for discussing articles. Having to pay to play really ruins the experience and excludes a lot of valuable discussion.

Nobody cares about sites trying to make money. What people complain about is when it means an HN reader has to directly pay to participate.

dang on Sept 8, 2015 [–]

> Having to pay to play really ruins the experience

Indeed it would, which is why it's not happening. That's already clear from the title: "workarounds" means the only price is a bit of annoyance.

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