A quirky article about free access to a paywall, but false claims that Sam Biddle is actually a journalist
A Free Wall Street Journal Login, Now Gone
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've paid for the digital subscription for 15 years. What's the aversion to more people paying? Perhaps the price would go down.
Because if it's important, I'll hear about it somewhere else. And if it's interesting, I can find other articles. Content is a dime a dozen these days, why would I pay for it?
I pay for the WSJ. They write quality articles and I like to know that I'm helping their staff put food on the table.
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#23So wait- thousands of people are openly confessing to "hacking" into protected computers via unauthorized access methods? Isn't this a criminal offense when perpetrated over state lines, a violation of the computer fraud and abuse act..? And how about fraud, conspiracy, illegitimately stealing services, and the like? Meanwhile, OTHER people-- security researches, trolls, whoever-- some maybe have told the media about…
Almost like, yeah.
Much like white-collar crimes are punished way lighter in comparision with same-scale crimes of other sorts, even in the law itself.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because if it's important, I'll hear about it somewhere else. And if it's interesting, I can find other articles. Content is a dime a dozen these days, why would I pay for it?
Classic tragedy of the commons.
A failed concept (though in that specific case it might be on point)
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#25Great I just now find out this existed and it is too late!
Recent tip posted on HN for how to get the text. Worked for me as of a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14389986
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#27Buzzfeed, seriously? I know they have some professional investigative journalism articles[0], but this certainly isn't one of them. 0. https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/the-tennis-racket?utm_te...
Buzzfeed is in a similar land as Gawker was sometimes. Yeah, a lot of what they post is trash, but sometimes they talk about something everyone else isn't talking about.
We can make fun of Buzzfeed (I encourage it), but there's no reason to trash a reasonably interesting article solely based on its source.
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#28So wait- thousands of people are openly confessing to "hacking" into protected computers via unauthorized access methods? Isn't this a criminal offense when perpetrated over state lines, a violation of the computer fraud and abuse act..? And how about fraud, conspiracy, illegitimately stealing services, and the like? Meanwhile, OTHER people-- security researches, trolls, whoever-- some maybe have told the media about…
Almost like, yeah. Much like white-collar crimes are punished way lighter in comparision with same-scale crimes of other sorts, even in the law itself.
This reminds me of the part in Batman Begins where Bruce Wayne uses anonymous shell companies to buy up Wayne Inc.'s shares while simultaneously being someone who brutalizes street criminals.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use the aptly-named "innocuous Chrome extension"
I've paid for the digital subscription for 15 years. What's the aversion to more people paying? Perhaps the price would go down.
> Perhaps the price would go down
highly unlikely unless there is competition and if there is competition, you'd now have to pay two outlets to sustain the competition. There might be more valid factors to bring the price down, but this is the first I could think of.