Agree, this is surprisingly annoying when you click and it tells you "nope sucker, not today, you're not getting to read something you're interested in". Why should I even bother to get my hopes up in the first place?
same with New York Times... and Wall Street Journal... and Financial Times... and The Economist... and many others.
I've wondered what it would take to pre-emptively edit HN so i don't even see those links.