Posted on 11/05/2019 3:01:36 PM PST by NoLibZone
Bypassing a paywall on WSJ, Business Inside, NYT, etc.is supposed to be something only a paid customer can do. A paywall is in place for that very purpose: to prevent anyone but paid users from accessing specific content.
However, depending on how the paywall works, you might have luck using a paywall unblocker to see what’s behind it. Other times, a simple browser trick might be enough to remove the paywall and read the article, watch the video, etc.
There are two types of paywalls, and you’ll most likely have luck unlocking only the “soft” kind. A soft paywall is one that lets you see some of the content before it blocks the rest, whereas a hard paywall requires payment upfront without a content preview or limited-time access.
Paywall Unblockers
You can try a number of methods to get past a paywall. Some are bound to not work at all, but there’s surely one or two options that should work for the site you’re trying to access. Bypass Paywalls Firefox Extension
Use this Firefox extension to bypass the paywall. It works on Bloomberg, Denver Post, the Baltimore Sun, Inc.com, The Herald, and many other sites. Just use the download link at the top of that page to get the file, and then drag it into a Firefox window to install it.
Look for the Article Elsewhere
Copy the article’s headline and paste it into a search engine to look for a duplicate. This is one of the easiest ways to get around a paywall because many times, a popular article from a subscription-based news organization is copied and posted elsewhere absolutely free.
Something important to remember when doing a search like this where there are several spaces, is to surround the words in quotes like you see above. This will limit the search results but guarantee that what you find is relevant to the article you’re after. Try the Unpaywall Chrome Extension
Unpaywall is a Chrome extension that unblocks paywalls on scholarly articles. It scours the internet for free PDF versions of the item and then provides you with a link to find the free version.
Reset Your Browser Cookies
Delete your browser cookies or use incognito mode to get around the paywall. If the website lets you view a handful of articles and then blocks access with a paywall, they’re doing so via storing cookies that track how many pages you’ve viewed.
Dig Through Archive Sites
Archive sites like Wayback Machine and Archive.is save web pages for archival purposes. You can take advantage of those methods to find articles that you can’t otherwise access because of a paywall block.
Use a “Read-it-Later” Tool
Send the article to a bookmarking, or read-it-later service like Pocket to bypass the article limit. This only works if you’re given access to the site for free the first few times you visit.
Similar to the cookie method above, this one doesn’t store the visit as one of your own because the page’s contents are being sent elsewhere and not loaded on your computer.
The funds end up at the DNC.
What’s wrong with DVD’s?
LOL, I want to know too... ?
If you’re using the Chrome browser, just open the link in “Incognito Mode”. That works most of the time.
On a different topic - my favorite free .jpg conversion sites for social media posting (ie. for posting pictures on FR) have all shut-down.
Any suggestions from FReepers on an alternative?
Whats wrong with just not hitting their site at all? period?
Outline.com works most of the time. Some of the larger sites have gotten wise and it will not work on those.
fotki.com is a free site.
Breaking a paywall sounds like cyber crime.
There is an easier, legal way for most (but not all paywalls). Copy paste the article title into google (or your favorite) and google it. Most paywall protected sites allow a googled entry to view it all.
With many paywalls, the entire article appears for 1 second. But by the time you have scrolled through the ads and read the first line of the body, the paywall acts to prevent further reading. Rather than doing this, try doing a CTRL-A and Copy the entire article without trying to read the first line. Then paste it in your favorite Word processor and read it there.
When you buy a DVD you are funding Hollywood.
Hollywood is anti conservative and pro DNC.
There are ore than a few articles here on FR depicting the hatred Hollywood has for America and conservatives.
Now ask me about Unions.
For one time image posting I use:
For images I want to keep around I have had a WordPress account for years.
Can you site the law?
Thank you.
imgur.com
Just go to OANN and leave the very very fake content alone.
How handy are you with tech? Doesn’t really take much and I would give you a hand setting it up. Get a domain name and hosting and make your own. I did this a long time ago and have been using it for about 9 years now. There are many free drop in turn key scripts for your own image gallery.
And you can have a personal blog/website, and you can have your own secure email server at the same time. I really don’t know why more don’t just do this.
I know this sounds crazy but a fair percentage of the time I can right click and hit “Open Link in Incognito Window” and be good to go.
Anyone else ever have any luck doing this?
Let’s stick our heads in the sand and not know what the enemy has in store for us!
“Getting around” a paywall is called THEFT. It you do it...you are a THIEF.
No different than ‘getting around’ the check out at the supermarket....or ‘getting around’ the cashier at a restaurant.
Can’t believe that anyone with a brain and an once of moral fiber would see it ANY different.
The beauty of cyber crime is that no law is written for most of it. Laws written for snail mail or some other purpose are used often to prosecute cyber crime.
So you feel union dues is just.
Then you must feel removing cookies from a site is theft too.
Using and ad blocker is theft to you as well.
You are sheep .
You would have walked up the ramp to the cattle car rather than violate the law.
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