[nalekberov]

The Irony is that in order to read this entry I had to pass a cookie wall, which gave me only ‘Accept all’ and ‘Manage’. Then I couldn’t read it, because I had no subscription.

[y0eswddl]

the author has no control over that

[Aurornis]

The publication did not force the author to publish their works on their site.

The author made a choice to publish there. They want the paywall, because that's how they get paid for this writing.

[nalekberov]

She had, apparently.