If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread.

This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here:

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

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

Limiting ourselves to only ad-based news sources is not an upgrade.

Also, it's about time you learn how to bypass paywalls.

1. Most of these sites have workarounds (eg posted above)

2. If you don't want to pay for a subscription, that's fine but it's a little silly to demand others don't share content from a news site they subscribe to especially if it is reasonably popular

FWIW: No WaPo paywall here on Firefox w/ ublock, noscript, privacy badger etc.