-- Have a straightforward way to read the article (that's even automated by HN's [web] link).
-- Decide can't be bothered to read the article after all.
-- Pipe up and moan to everyone in the virtual train carriage about the article's website.
ASSESSMENT: Waste of attention! Just another mutation of bikeshedding.
de-index pages that have paywalls
apply penalties to pages that have those annoying 'welcome' screens (forbes.com). The penalty wouln;'t be substantial, but instead would rank the page lower than similar content that does not have annoying welcome screen.
That's not obvious. I had no idea what the "web" link did until you mentioned it.
You could have easily just pointed that out rather than berating me. You're not helping to build the community.