> Would using the plugin be less acceptable if the paywall were harder to get around?
I don't see the plugin as getting around their paywall. I see it as getting around moronic web development.
For example, if a site has unbelievably intrusive advertising and I install an ad blocker. Or a site pops up a register for our newsletter modal and it's blocking the content and there's no way to close it ... so I open up the console and remove the dom node entirely so I can see the article.
In other words, stupid shit that 99.9% of people don't know how to get around, but a web developer can get around in a few seconds.
That's not hacking or bypassing anything, that's just moronic web development.
If you want to put up a paywall, that's fine. A wall is a wall. If you make a hole in the wall on purpose and people walk through that hole, don't blame the people ... blame the wall.
