> But seriously, articles with paywalls should be banned by HN.

The site rules explicitly say it is fine to post paywall articles.

But what is banned on HN is complaining about paywalls, so please don't do that.

> But what is banned on HN is complaining about paywalls, so please don't do that.

Where does it say that? I can understand being OK with paywalls but unless the site actually explicitly says complaining about paywalls is banned, you are lying.

You can easily read the rules yourself instead of throwing accusations around. here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

> unless the site actually explicitly says complaining about paywalls is banned, you are lying

I am not lying - and you shouldn't accuse people of lying without checking first.

> please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Moderator dang explains his position often:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

I didn't see a paywall, maybe something between UBO and umatrix blocked it successfully.

However, I agree with you that paywalled articles are a blight and should be banned.