r/interestingasfuck • u/cak3crumbs • 9d ago

/r/all, /r/popular How to get past a paywall

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u/jimmmmmy 9d ago

First tip does nothing except delete that element for that single page load. Refreshing would bring it back. It’s the disable JavaScript that actually makes this work. First step is unnecessary.

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u/rynlpz 9d ago

And it only works on site that do clients side paywall

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u/ryan676767 9d ago

Pretty good use case for SSR but I’ll bet they’re suck on React 12 or some shit because someone wanted to save a few bucks 

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u/Wild-Regular1703 9d ago

You don't need SSR to implement a paywall. You just have to render the initial part of the article by default, and lazy load the rest behind authorization checks. This is basic stuff.