How Bad Is Bypassing Paywalls? - The Ringer
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The ethics of skirting reading restrictions in the era of Peak Paywall
Media Media How Bad Is Bypassing Paywalls? The ethics of skirting reading restrictions in the era of Peak Paywall By Ben Lindbergh Dec. 31, 2024, 5:34 pm UTC • 17 min A while back, I decided to keep track of every paywall I encountered in the course of my regular web browsing. After I blew by two dozen, I decided to stop. For a few weeks, I’d diligently jotted down publications I couldn’t read, but this record of how much I was missing had begun to bother me. I’m still not sure what coconut crabs can tell us about Amelia Earhart (I’ll get you next time, National Geographic ), how former San Di
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