[jamesholden]

Irony. The end of the web as we know it... can't be read fully because of paywall.

Thank you, kind stranger.

[xoac]

It’s not irony at all. There’s nothing inherent to the web that guarantees you free access to its content.

[petepete]

But it's frustrating that search engines are able to index the whole page, so things I don't have access to are listed in search results and I can only find out when I've clicked.

[mdre]

Well, you could change your user agent string.

[Brybry]

This hasn't worked well in a decade or more.

I used to pretend to be Googlebot a lot to bypass paywalls but I think these days there is either IP range filtering or more advanced fingerprinting.

[podgorniy]

This sentence does not make sence because it is applicable to everything

> There’s nothing inherent to the X that guarantees you free access to its content.

Libraries, public transport? Taxes. Love of your parents? Depends on them.

Give me something for which I can say use the phrase and it will be true.

[palata]

Well it does make sense in the context where it comes from: it's an explanation for why the author of that quote thinks that it is not irony. And you are free to disagree with that opinion, but I wouldn't say that the sentence makes no sense.

I could do the same with you: this sentence does not make sense:

> Taxes.