They also make a great publication imho. Supporting good journalism these days is a lot more valuable to me than boycotting bad SEO practices.

Good journalism cannot survive if bad SEO practices become dominant. They are opposed: bad SEO practices are fundamentally about lying, while good journalism if fundamentally about telling hard truths.

How are bad SEO practices fundamentally about lying? What are bad SEO practices?

You make it seem as if one rules out the other.

In this case yes, wasn't that the point of using the other url?

The grandparent LITERALLY said: "Here is a URL so you do not have to support them" (emphasis mine)

What patterns and what black SEO? I actually thought that their $20 for 12 weeks offer sounded interesting to see if I’d actually read more than what lands on my screen via HN.

Just turn off JS 4Head, the content will load with no paywall. Also, please elaborate on these "dark practices"

For one, there is no way to cancel your subscription online.

I had no difficulty cancelling my subscription online with a 30 second email. It was a much smoother experience than most other subscriptions which require you to recall some login you set years ago.

It is completely ludicrous to not offer a way to cancel your subscription online in 2019.

Bloomberg seems to be fine with it

Is that a real place? Rajastan?

Yes, one of the states in India. Means "land of kings" in Hindi I think.

Thats what I meant. Rajastan is nothing, "Rajasthan" is a place.

Rajasthan is.

Is adding a credit card the only way to subscribe? I avoid companies who offer only CC payments specifically for that reason.

Why the downvote? Turning off JS works for me.

Why not call out the specific practices?

What’s wrong with SEO anyway?