They can take two seconds to scroll down to see the inevitable comment that shares an archive link. Or they can look up how to circumvent paywalls themselves using readily available information that’s been around for over a decade.
Sorry for the irrational rant. To me, these paywall complaints are comparable to “old man yells at cloud.”
happily sitting in a field looking at fluffy clouds
young whippersnapper comes by and says “hey old man, there is a particularly compelling cloud to look at down that dirt road”
old man walks there but is stopped by a toll gate before he makes it past the forest
old man walks back disgusted.
sees young whippersnapper and says “I’m sure that cloud was nice, but I didn’t have any money for the toll”
whippersnapper says “shut up old man! just stop everything you were doing and go research alternate free versions of the cloud like everyone has done for the last 10 years! Why are you so stupid??? Now go away don’t speak again unless you have something constructive to say about that specific cloud! YOU’RE NOT ADDING TO THE CONVERSATION!!!”
old man wanders off wondering what the point of any of this was.
How can someone add anything to the conversation if they can’t read the article?
They can take two seconds to scroll down to see the inevitable comment that shares an archive link. Or they can look up how to circumvent paywalls themselves using readily available information that’s been around for over a decade.
Sorry for the irrational rant. To me, these paywall complaints are comparable to “old man yells at cloud.”
Honestly, that was pretty damn clever. What’s the opposite of blocking, I would be happy to subscribe to your posts.