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This is like saying "if you don't like train prices then don't complain until you've tried jumping the turnstile".


Yeah, which is a reasonable statement to make on the website TrainHackersAndPassAvoiders.com. I think its appropriate if you consider yourself in the culture to be reminded of the norms everyone in that culture typically follows.


That definitely isn't the topic of this website, though.


If jumping the turnstile were legal, yeah. So far anyway, Reader Mode, and various ad-blockers are still legal.

I see your point generally though: accessing content that the publisher has attempted to force you to pay for. My general thought though is that it appears to be a failed (failing?) business model. I just don't know what the solution is. Perhaps if the ads avoided obscuring the content (like newspapers and magazines) I would probably just ignore them and not actively try to suppress them.




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