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HappyTimeHarry ,

No pay/email wall:

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breadsmasher ,
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Would be nice to be able to actually read this article

jeffw OP ,
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It’s a gift link, so you can read it

breadsmasher ,
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Only if I give them my email address. So not entirely free. The cost is giving away personal data, or wasting my time with a throwaway email

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jeffw OP ,
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Interesting… that’s a new thing and a stupid thing. NYT gift articles are still actual gifts

zabadoh ,

Just the WaPo trying its best to destroy itself as of late…

Cheradenine ,

Then it checks to see if your email is already registered with them. Then you get a popup that says ‘check your email’ and presumably links back to it. This happens for new and existing addresses.

Unsurprisingly ‘getfucked@google(.)com’ was already taken.

Firefox with uBO worked fine, that signup element is blocked, and you aren’t prevented from reading the page.

reddig33 , (edited )

If you have a subscription to Apple News, I believe Washington post is included. Open link in browser, then share to Apple News to open it there.

Sometimes it even lets you read it without a News+ subscription.

Just a possible workaround, not really an excuse for WP.

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