Do you folks have any tips on how to get around magazine and newspaper paywalls? It seems like the old tricks are becoming less reliable and it’s frustrating - especially given paywalls seem to be becoming more stringent at the same time.

  • UnruffledM
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    131 year ago

    Have you tried the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension? There’s a version for Chrome and Firefox. It works for many sites but not everything. I think Firefox removed it from their add-ons repository but you can install it manually. There’s a good article on that decision here and also a method to use uBlock Origin for this purpose.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      41 year ago

      It has indeed been removed from Firefox’s add-on store. I’ll look at the alternatives you gave, thank you. :)

      • UnruffledM
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        71 year ago

        Just FYI, from this article “Interested users still can install an XPI file from author’s GitLab here.”

        This method is how I installed the latest version on Firefox, because the original one was no longer updating.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        There is a GitHub with the list, and it’s compatible with ublock origin, so you can block ads and paywalls

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Wait. I have “Bypass Paywalls”. Are they the same thing or is one better than the other?