A growing number of online newspapers and other online news services have gone to “requiring” a subscription after a limited number of "free" article views are permitted.

I read that by using the InPrivate browsing feature of recent versions of IE one can usually get around this. I tried and found it to be true. Other browsers may offer similar capability. I dunno.

My question is: Is there an issue, moral or otherwise, to motivate anyone to pay for subscription service when the access restriction that would motivate someone to buy a subscription can be easily circumvented?

There is no law that requires one to pay for a subscription and no enforcer is ever going to knock on the door or send mail demanding payment for those who use a built-in feature of a common browser.

Why pay for a subscription when the restriction that motivates payment can be easily evaded?