> I fail to see how paid articles adhere to the HN spirit of "interesting discussions" or whatever the exact rule is. These paid articles are more detrimental to "interest" than angry political yelling.
For probably 90% of the paywalled articles the discussion is interesting even if you don't read the article. First, the discussions often diverge from what is covered in the article. Second, even the parts of the discussion that haven't diverged often include enough context to figure out broadly what the article was saying.
For probably 90% of the paywalled articles the discussion is interesting even if you don't read the article. First, the discussions often diverge from what is covered in the article. Second, even the parts of the discussion that haven't diverged often include enough context to figure out broadly what the article was saying.