The web link apparently fails for a lot of these now.
I don't think it's unreasonable to be annoyed by links that require a subscription or payment to view.
I think a good compromise would be some sort of [Pay] tag on the link.
Edit - it's also hard to have an honest discussion about an article if you don't have a subscription to that site. That requires a bunch of extra work (getting the subscription) just to fairly participate in the discussion here.
Maybe that's fine, up to the HN community to decide.
I don't think it's unreasonable to be annoyed by links that require a subscription or payment to view.
I think a good compromise would be some sort of [Pay] tag on the link.
Edit - it's also hard to have an honest discussion about an article if you don't have a subscription to that site. That requires a bunch of extra work (getting the subscription) just to fairly participate in the discussion here.
Maybe that's fine, up to the HN community to decide.