Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
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Re: Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
#2edit: After checking the repo it appears that this is not a a new extension, nor has there been any recent update.
Seems like a new extension for this pops up every few months until the content publishers get savvy to the latest workaround and someone else finds a new method.
Originally these would just set the referrer to a search engine regardless of where the link came from and the paywall would go away, I'm not sure how exactly they fixed that but I believe that eventually stopped working.
Seems to be a bit of a cat and mouse game at this point.
Re: Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
#3edit: After checking the repo it appears that this is not a a new extension, nor has there been any recent update. Seems like a new extension for this pops up every few months until the content publishers get savvy to the latest workaround and someone else finds a new method. Originally these would just set the referrer to a search engine regardless of where the link came from and the paywall would go away, I'm not s…
Controversial opinion: more news outlets should be run by benevolent billionaires who can afford to spend their own money indefinitely to keep the outlet running without resorting to ads and paywalls.
Re: Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
#4This is cool, but how is it different from piracy?
Re: Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
#5edit: After checking the repo it appears that this is not a a new extension, nor has there been any recent update. Seems like a new extension for this pops up every few months until the content publishers get savvy to the latest workaround and someone else finds a new method. Originally these would just set the referrer to a search engine regardless of where the link came from and the paywall would go away, I'm not s…
Controversial opinion: more news outlets should be run by benevolent billionaires who can afford to spend their own money indefinitely to keep the outlet running without resorting to ads and paywalls.
Even the ones that are, don't (c.f. WaPo)
Re: Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
#6An article worth reading is worth buying.
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#7You wouldn't bypass a car
Re: Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
#8Mixed feelings about this. I hate paywalls because they inhibit sharing and conversation, but... if people don't pay for news, soon there won't be any reporters. People have to make a living somehow.
Re: Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
#9How does this work on a high level? If the server never sends the content, how can a client-side extension get it? Do most website just hide this on the frontend?
Re: Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
#10edit: After checking the repo it appears that this is not a a new extension, nor has there been any recent update. Seems like a new extension for this pops up every few months until the content publishers get savvy to the latest workaround and someone else finds a new method. Originally these would just set the referrer to a search engine regardless of where the link came from and the paywall would go away, I'm not s…
Controversial opinion: more news outlets should be run by benevolent billionaires who can afford to spend their own money indefinitely to keep the outlet running without resorting to ads and paywalls.
If billionaires were benevolent they wouldn't be billionaires.