I believe this is a way to use their own apple news subscription to access the article instead of using the archive version: It only redirects if you're not logged in to apple news.

So it's spam in the eyes of everyone who doesn't happen to subscribe to their service of choice? If they want to read an article through their news app they are of course free to do so, but why spam that link?

I’m sorry for posting it.

Is it really spam if it was posted a single time? Just downvote it and collapse the thread if you don't want to see it.

If someone submit a Spotify link as an HN submission, I'd hope that's flagged for spam too.

And flag it, bc it's a no value ad.

Apple News+ is a bundle subscription to many otherwise paywalled newspapers, so people who have it can read it through there.

If you view it on an Apple device, it takes you to the Apple News app and opens it there, rather than redirecting.