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1. deatha+J06[view] [source] 2026-02-03 05:33:46
>>gyrova+(OP)
… seems like we the HN community should find a new site to mirror with.
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2. mr_mit+Zk6[view] [source] 2026-02-03 08:28:21
>>deatha+J06
There isn't one. As far as I know, no one really knows for sure how they bypass all these paywalls. (Most credible theory I heard: They actually just pay for the subscriptions.)
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3. wolvol+QU6[view] [source] 2026-02-03 12:52:42
>>mr_mit+Zk6
Most paywalls just allow search engines to read their content just fine. Because they do want discoverability, they want their cake and eat it.

There's a few publications that don't even do that though and archive.is is very good at bypassing them so I do imagine they use logins for those, but for the masses of sites it's not currently necessary.

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4. direwo+u27[view] [source] 2026-02-03 13:43:16
>>wolvol+QU6
You can't impersonate Google. Sites check the source IP and they don't overlap with Google Cloud.
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5. chrisj+F77[view] [source] 2026-02-03 14:11:11
>>direwo+u27
You can for sites that can't afford the cost of keeping up-to-date with the Google IP list without which they can lose timely indexing. That is many.
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6. otterl+uq7[view] [source] 2026-02-03 15:40:22
>>chrisj+F77
What do you mean by “afford the cost”? The list is free of charge (https://support.google.com/a/answer/10026322?hl=en-GB) and maintenance can be fully automated.
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7. chrisj+nA7[view] [source] 2026-02-03 16:19:10
>>otterl+uq7
I mean cost of server setup and execution.
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8. otterl+Rk8[view] [source] 2026-02-03 19:20:07
>>chrisj+nA7
The server that is providing the content exists already. That's a sunk cost.
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9. chrisj+5m8[view] [source] 2026-02-03 19:24:26
>>otterl+Rk8
"setup and execution".
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10. otterl+Pr8[view] [source] 2026-02-03 19:50:14
>>chrisj+5m8
What serious operator of a service isn't budgeting time to implement and operate critical maintenance functions?
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