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0 pointsChickenosaurus9y ago0 comments

The web link does not work for every HN user. WSJ always displays the paywall for certain geo-locations, even when Google is the referrer. This applies to Germany and multiple other countries.

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MarkCole9y ago· 3 in thread

Not sure that is strictly true. I live in Germany and the web link gives me WSJ with no pay wall.

ChickenosaurusOP9y ago

Your comment sparked my interest. After playing around a bit, it seems Firefox users get the paywall while Chrome users do not.

manigandham9y ago

Firefox has some built-in "tracking protection" that might not send referer headers.

MarkCole9y ago

I tried it too, same result. Very interesting.

d0m9y ago

Doesn't work for me and I hate this. When I click a link and get a paywall it's a very frustrating experience.

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