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Re:NYT reducing number of free articles available before pay... by asto on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @09:54AM (#3729204)
The average HNer will know to do this but the majority of the internet won't. So they'll likely have the effect they want (reducing the number of unpaid pageviews) and a bunch of side-effects they don't want (drastically reducing their relevance as a source of information on the web)

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Re:NYT reducing number of free articles available before pay... by portman on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @10:31AM (#3729393)
I was surprised at a family gathering recently how many of my in-laws reach the paywall and then clear their cookies. Even non-techies can work around the paywall.
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