If you mash the "esc" key just as the article loads, and continue tapping it you can read it in its entirety.

I'm really surprised this works. Do you know if that's by design?

It's not. Pressing the escape key stops Javascript from running.

> This is a developing story and will be updated.

Developing story. There are just two paragraphs in the article so far. I can copy paste it here if you'd like but archive.fo is probably more authoritative (should be done archiving in a minute)

https://archive.fo/ASobP

I cleared my cookies and it let me read it.

Is it? After you hit your number of free articles for the month, then yes.

This has happened to me multiple times on the HN front page today. I try the web links -- no luck. What's the point of having these articles on HN, if the more of them there are, the fewer people can read and discuss them without paying?

It's antithetical to open discussion and analysis.

https://bitly.com/ + https://outline.com/

Come on it's hacker news, they specifically say workarounds are ok. I figured the paywalls were just a test honestly. If you're determined you should be able to find a way to read it.

I know this is the rule, and it's always puzzled me. Of course you can do the work every time and find anything, and in most cases it's doable. I just find it a sad state when I have to do this regularly, on top articles. Difference of opinion I guess.

Selectively disabling JavaScript and/or cookies using a browser add-on such as uMatrix will get you around the NYT's paywall and many others. (Some paywalls you can get around just by going into Reader View in Firefox.)

Press the "Stop Loading" button after the article loads and before the paywall comes up.