Allowing paywalls vs not been discussed for a long time. Latest comment from dang about it seems to be this:

> The answer is that paywalls are allowed when there are workarounds (such as archive links) which allow ordinary readers to read the article without paying or subscribing, while hardwalled domains (i.e., without such workarounds) are banned. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43876575

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