Hacker News Reader

For the same reason I use an ad blocker. I don't care if they don't want me as a reader. What matters is that I want to read that content.

They want me as a reader but they also want money. Since I don’t browse news articles with a fist full of e-credits this is the best choice of their options. NYT absolutely will not let you read without paying, I suppose you’d prefer that.

Because the content is still decent.