Beating newspaper paywalls

[David Clapson]

Would people like to share the best ways of beating paywalls? Especially the Times one, which I can't find a way around.

I've just discovered how to bypass the FT one. You install this Chrome add-on https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfm, then you select Googlebot as your user agent. I think this works for many other paywalls, including the Economist. It makes Chrome behave differently, but it only takes a second to switch back to the default user agent when you have finished reading the FT or whatever.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Ooooh

 

[David Clapson]

Just found one which works with The Times https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/breakthepaywall/ddlcmnkkbojfnfclfhbdfkcmhfaebhgc?hl=en-GB

Happy Days!

 

[gosub]

Chrome incognito for telegraph, for when you want to find out about how HSBC do loads for charity but don't like to talk about it.

 

[David Clapson]

Incognito also works for the New York Times and the Onion.

 

[David Clapson]

Just found one which works with The Times https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/breakthepaywall/ddlcmnkkbojfnfclfhbdfkcmhfaebhgc?hl=en-GB

Happy Days!

It's now stopped working. Maybe the people at News International have caught on to it. I've tried every extension I can find - no joy.

 

[Celyn]

When there's something you want to read in the "Times", IF you can wait a day for it, you can read it via Proquest if your local public library service subscribes to it. I mean, if your library service does, then you just sign with your library ticket number at home or wherever - not traipse around to find a library that's open.

Yeah, just checked this - articles from 25th February available now. (I had to remind myself what today's date was)

Obviously this is no good if you urgently want the "Times" on morning of publication, but it's something.

 

[butchersapron]

For research rather than newspapers but unpaywall...for when sci-hub is just refusing to co-operate.

 

[ska invita]

a day behind Behind The PayWall

• FINANCIAL TIMES
• THE TIMES
• SPECTATOR
• TELEGRAPH PREMIUM

 

[ska invita]

In case you havent got enough tory voices in your head, the entire telegraph website is mirrored live here, without a paywall
News

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

bugmenot.com

 

[petee]

a day behind Behind The PayWall

• FINANCIAL TIMES
• THE TIMES
• SPECTATOR
• TELEGRAPH PREMIUM

it's gone.

 

[editor]

Outline - Read & annotate without distractions

 

[Jon-of-arc]

I've just given up on news sites that have paywalls. Unliked on social media, and always click "not interested in stories from..." if they get recommended in the android news stories bit or by a Facebook ad. Ideally, I think they should stop coming up in search results, as well.

 

[ska invita]

this plugin works perfectly on Firefox and just runs in the background
iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox


Bypass the following sites' paywalls with this extension
Baltimore Sun
Barron's
Bloomberg
Business Insider
Caixin
Chemical & Engineering News
Central Western Daily
Chicago Tribune
Crain's Chicago Business
Corriere Della Sera
Daily Press
Denver Post
De Tijd
de Volkskrant
The Economist
Examiner
Financial Times
Foreign Policy
Glassdoor
Haaretz.co.il
Haaretz.com
Handelsblatt
Hartford Courant
Harvard Business Review
Inc.com
Investors Chronicle
La Repubblica
Le Temps
Los Angeles Times
Medium
Medscape
MIT Technology Review
Mountain View Voice
National Post
New Statesman
New York Magazine
New Zealand Herald
Nikkei Asian Review
NRC
Orange County Register
Orlando Sentinel
Palo Alto Online
Quora
Statista
SunSentinel
Tech in Asia
The Advocate
The Age
The Australian
The Australian Financial Review
The Boston Globe
The Business Journals
The Diplomat
The Globe and Mail
The Herald
The Japan Times
TheMarker
The Mercury News
The Morning Call
The Nation
The New York Times
The New Yorker
The News-Gazette
The Saturday Paper
The Spectator
The Seattle Times
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Telegraph
The Times
The Toronto Star
The Washington Post
The Wall Street Journal
Towards Data Science
Vanity Fair
Wired

 

[Petcha]

This is an old thread but I wanted to read some stuff on the times and this actually worked, really easily. Even for an idiot like me.

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

github.com

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

When Will Big Concerts Finally Return After Covid? (Think 2021)

In the meantime, here is what to expect in the post-Covid era, from small shows and drive-ins to an arena tour filled with hand sanitizer.

www.wsj.com

Any chance someone with more tech ability than me can grab the text of that/stick it in a pdf/something or other? Ta.

 

[Petcha]

When Will Big Concerts Finally Return After Covid? (Think 2021)

In the meantime, here is what to expect in the post-Covid era, from small shows and drive-ins to an arena tour filled with hand sanitizer.

www.wsj.com

Any chance someone with more tech ability than me can grab the text of that/stick it in a pdf/something or other? Ta.

 

[Petcha]

Don't know if that worked or not! Never tried attaching a PDF to a post on a forum.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Don't know if that worked or not! Never tried attaching a PDF to a post on a forum.

It did, thank you

 

[cyril_smear]

Incognito also works for the New York Times and the Onion.

would clearing browsing historuy also work?

 

[Petcha]

would clearing browsing historuy also work?

No, it used to, but the papers tightened everything up since this thread was posted but that link I posted works a treat

 

[Throbbing Angel]

What are we using these days for jumping over paywalls?

Tried a couple of those above with no luck on The Times.

 

[ska invita]

What are we using these days for jumping over paywalls?

Tried a couple of those above with no luck on The Times.

this definitely still works - looking at it now
needs firefox

This is an old thread but I wanted to read some stuff on the times and this actually worked, really easily. Even for an idiot like me.

GitHub - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome: Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. - iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

github.com

but there is a way to get it on other browsers but i got confused

 

[Throbbing Angel]

this definitely still works - looking at it now
needs firefox

but there is a way to get it on other browsers but i got confused

yes, they have Chrome version over on GitHub - can't access The Times with it (haven't tried anything else)

Will have a look at FF, Ta

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Grrr - it was the fucking VPN - works on both Chrome and Firefox if I turn it off

 

[David Clapson]

Just realised this thread is still going, and it still has answers. Wahey! Reading all about Philip Green's failings in The Times.

 

[David Clapson]

Grrr - it was the fucking VPN - works on both Chrome and Firefox if I turn it off

Are VPNs really just scareware? I can't see why they're necessary.

 

[On Fire]

Are VPNs really just scareware? I can't see why they're necessary.

For BitTorrent a VPN is really necessary.

 

[David Clapson]

It isn't. You've been told it is by the ads at utorrent. Pure scareware.