[randstring]

I do believe posting stuff behind a paywall should not be allowed. At least provide a paywall-free URL. Requiring registration to read is quite similar.

[dang]

If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread.

This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989

[culi]

I agree, but, until then, this has worked great for me:

https://chrome-stats.com/d/cmnkbhggfhfejcbmmkelcelmgpjcdkjp/...

[pabs3]

Disabling JS and cookies seems to work.

This might also work:

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/