The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely

Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely by CaliforniaKarl on Friday February 10, 2017 @10:33PM (#13620822)

Hmmmm. In the FAQ, under the question "Are paywalls ok?", there's this:

>It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.

If this loophole is closed, will there be any workarounds? If that's the case, then I wonder if it'll still be OK to post WSJ links to HN.

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Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely by alfalfasprout on Friday February 10, 2017 @11:04PM (#13620948)

For what it's worth, whenever you share an article from the WSJ as a subscriber it seems to generate a custom link that bypasses the paywall for the recipient. I hope they retain this feature because I do enjoy sharing articles with people that might not subscribe.

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Re:The Wall Street Journal to Close Google Loophole Entirely by aardvarks on Friday February 10, 2017 @10:48PM (#13620880)

As of earlier today you could still follow links from WSJ social media, for example their official twitter feeds, and get access to the whole article. Any way to set that up as a link in HN?

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