this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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Gift articles previously were accessible just with the link. The latest article I attempted to read now requires me to first sign up

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The article in question https://wapo.st/4fp62oH

I am well aware of many work arounds. The point of this post was to show wapo has changed the way gift articles work, which previously didn’t require a workaround

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[–] subignition@fedia.io 16 points 3 months ago

Pro tip: the login wall is added at the end of page load. If you tap the Esc key at the right moment to interrupt the load, you'll end up with the full article rendered without the bullshit