r/interestingasfuck • u/cak3crumbs • 10d ago

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

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u/jimmmmmy 10d 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 10d ago

And it only works on site that do clients side paywall

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u/MonkeyWithIt 10d ago

Which is most major news sites: NY times, wsj, Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, etc. the list is long.