No, as far as HN is concerned, this question is settled:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

... and endlessly relitigating it is off-topic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989

The answer is that paywalls with workarounds are ok because banning them would deprive HN of many significant, high-quality stories. The decision is that way not because we or anyone else likes it, but because it's the lesser evil.

Re endless relitigation being off-topic: Of the 45 comments currently in this thread, only 13 are actually about the story. That's insane.