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by chewmieser 704 days ago
Because? I subscribe to WSJ - so I can read this just fine. I don’t see why you can’t as well if you find the content interesting. It’s the same with academic journals, people are just sharing what’s interesting and that just so happens to be behind a paywall.

If you remove all paid content you would just have blogs left eventually… And all they’re doing is just paying for the content and regurgitating it.
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DowagerDave 704 days ago
>> people are just sharing what’s interesting and that just so happens to be behind a paywall.

so not really sharing, then?

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chewmieser 704 days ago
Sharing with everyone else that has a subscription, or is enticed enough to snag one. I’m not sure why you feel it needs to be free in order for you to consume it? But OK - the rest will just subscribe or move on.
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fifteen1506 704 days ago
At least add [paywalled].

Otherwise I think I'll move on -- from the website.

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