It isn&#x27;t the elephant in the room. It&#x27;s been the status quo for as long as HN has existed. You could hardly find more common publications here than the NYT.<p>The objections seem to be largely ideological, and reciting ideology is the essence of uninteresting in HN&#x27;s sense. If someone comes up with something new and clever to say about paywalls, by all means post it as a story and let the community have at it. Repeating complaints for the zillionth time, not so much.