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The commenter I was originally responding to said that he switched to incognito mode or halted the page load to break through the paywall. If the NY Times had the same value as any other non-paywall site, why would he go to the trouble?

The NY Times is a good paper. The writing is good and I think the breadth of coverage is good too. They have started adding videos. Their interactive infographics are probably the best on the Internet. NYT stories frequently hit the frontpage of HN, probably more than any other U.S. newspaper website. What do you think they should do to increase the value of their content?

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I can easily see myself bothering with a few seconds of technical effort to get to a sub-par page. That page has the specific thing I happen to want to look at, but that itself doesn't mean it's very good. If quality was all that mattered people would only visit one site, the best one.