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		Mahn on May 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wait, Google Sent Me So it's not so much that they intended to have a "first click free" policy in the first place but that they are forced to do an exception in order to remain in Google's index. That's interesting, I always wondered why didn't they apply the same policy to being linked in Reddit or HN.

donohoe on May 12, 2015 [–]

Actually, some do. NYT for example allowed (maybe they still do) incoming links from Twitter & FB to bypass paywall

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