Doesn't The Economist let you read four(?) articles a month without subscribing?

Anyways, here's the relevant excerpt from the HN FAQ

Are paywalls ok?

It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.

In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

I'll bite because it's a reasonable question. I think linking to paywalled content is allowed because there are fairly easy ways around paywalls, but posting a roundabout directly goes (I believe) against HN policy.

An example of how to get around the Economist paywall is already elsewhere in this thread.

> but posting a roundabout directly goes (I believe) against HN policy

Not true; it has long been customary for people to share paywall workarounds in the comments, and the moderators welcome/encourage it.

Comments yes, not as posts (possibly).

True, you’re meant to post the original source, not archive sites like Archive.is or Outline.

But some sites like The Information now have paywall passthrough arguments you can add to the URL, and they seem to be fine.

I use outline dot com to get around paywall :)

Works for The Economist but doesn't work for WSJ these days unfortunately. Anyone got a work around for WSJ?

Put the WSJ link into any URL shortener, then put that link into outline.