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In reply to the discussion: I don't want to buy an online subscription to WaPo and NYT [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)54. Here is what you do
It's pretty clear that you don't understand the obvious legal and technical flaws in what you are suggesting.
But notwithstanding that, there is a simple, and legal, workaround.
1. You take the headline of the article.
2. You go to News.Google.com.
3. You paste it there and hit search.
4. You click on the headline and read.
Doing it that way solves your problem, and also solves the newspaper's problem, since you'll get an ad or two that do not show up for the paid version. The newspaper publishers worked this out with Google a while back. Use it.
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A communal subscription for tens of thousands of readers? How do you think the NYTimes
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#71
Students, military and government workers with the email to prove it get WaPo free
Madam45for2923
Sep 2017
#17
What happens when one of the DUers changes the password and locks everyone out?
SharonClark
Sep 2017
#32
The advertisers. You do know that that's where newspapers get the bulk of their $, right?
Demit
Sep 2017
#52
Also since Bezos owns Wapo, I believe 6 months is included with Amazon Prime
crazycatlady
Sep 2017
#50
If the link comes from a page on google.com the WaPo paywall doesn't appear...
NurseJackie
Sep 2017
#51
FYI I subscribe to WaPo and they let you share the subscription with one other person
mucifer
Sep 2017
#55
My subscription to the Philadelphia Inquirer doesn't include any other online subscriptions
cyclonefence
Sep 2017
#57