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by Chickenosaurus 3488 days ago
The web link does not work for every HN user. WSJ always displays the paywall for certain geo-locations, even when Google is the referrer. This applies to Germany and multiple other countries.
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d0m 3488 days ago
Doesn't work for me and I hate this. When I click a link and get a paywall it's a very frustrating experience.
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MarkCole 3488 days ago
Not sure that is strictly true. I live in Germany and the web link gives me WSJ with no pay wall.
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Chickenosaurus 3488 days ago
Your comment sparked my interest. After playing around a bit, it seems Firefox users get the paywall while Chrome users do not.
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manigandham 3483 days ago
Firefox has some built-in "tracking protection" that might not send referer headers.
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MarkCole 3486 days ago
I tried it too, same result. Very interesting.
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