Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO
by Traster on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @02:26PM
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On NYT in particular, load the page, when the text loads hit escape and the subscription nag simply doesn't load. It's not particularly ethical, but on the other hand maybe NYT should get serious about the software that's meant to protect its business model.
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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO
by rocqua on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:01PM
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"If they don't want me to steal, they should have better locks." Would not be a good defense to allow theft.
That is not to say piracy is theft. Only that 'they should protect themselves better' is not a justification.
Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO
by deckar01 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @02:17PM
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They aren't withholding the content on page load or requiring authentication, because they need search engines to be able to read it freely to get SEO benefits. They are tricking the search engines and to think they are giving content away to everyone for free unconditionally. They gave you the article for free, then added a bunch of CSS to make it difficult to consume. Modifying the content they already gave you for free is not stealing.