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Is working around accessing an embargoed site really any better than just accessing it directly? Morally, what's the difference?

If everyone just actively boycotted that site, it would become irrelevant overnight. Anything else is simply condoning it continued existence. Don't kid yourself.


The issue is that you need an account to view the replies, not that there's a moral opposition to visiting the website (though it could be that too).


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The two are not mutually exclusive. Sometimes content is posted on a site people don't want to support, so making a copy of it and viewing/sharing the copy is preferable.




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