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Comment by bsimpson

16 hours ago

It's an open secret that you can often circumvent paywalls by searching Wayback.

Every single paid article linked on HN has the way back machine link as the very first comment.

  • The links are usually to Archive.today (aka archive.ph and a bunch of other domains), not Wayback Machine (which is run by Internet Archive).

    • Correct:Also, archive.* has actively edited archived sites to promote their agenda. Why folks continue to use them confuses me. One would think the big wikipedia purge would curb such behavior.

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    • ehh it's a distinction without a difference. The point is that alternative links are available to circumvent paid access for anyone that wants them.

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