> And they have a Google reCAPTCHA on their page...

Comments like yours are stupid and add nothing for these reasons:

1) A journalist or writer likely does not have technical control over their paper's website design. This is certainly true for someone writing for the NYT. They're not going to hold back their article because someone on the website team chose to use a product from the company they're critiquing.

2) Google, Facebook, etc. are so dominant that it's often not really possible to avoid them and their technology and still have a functioning business.