Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2025 Poal.co

957

(post is archived)

[–] • 4 pts

You can also use an archive site like https://archive.is - upload the article with the paywall and the full text appears in the archived version

[–] • 1 pt

Sometimes. More often the archive is blank.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

Conversely, sometimes element editing/deletion or disabling scripts doesn't work right. If both fail, fuck the article. Some of the more clever paywalls only obscure a portion of the full article and the rest is somehow gone unless bypassed legitimately.

No idea how they do that.

[–] • 1 pt

The pasting the headline into Google works best, as most of the MSN articles come with a pre-written base, and have nearly identical articles under different publications, and one is always not paywalled or the easy "X views per Y time".

[–] • 0 pt

Probably some sort of Ajax scripting to load the rest of the article if the anti-adblocker script isn't triggered.

[–] • 4 pts

Yes, Goy, please read all this informative, factual news. You're getting a great bargain bypassing the paywall.

[–] • 4 pts

Funny how it is only ever the "news" websites that need paywalls, I guess propaganda just doesn't pay.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Science journals use paywalls which seems more insidious since public money goes into funding the research.

[–] • 1 pt

I usually disable Javascript as the easiest way to do this. Some browsers make this easy and if there's not a good default way to do it there are disable js plugins available.

[–] • 1 pt

I just don't care enough to try to get around the blocks. If a site blocks me, I move on to the next site. If they want to shut out eyes, it's fine with me.

[–] • 0 pt

PaywallKiller and MultiArchive

Single click from your bookmarks menu.

[–] • 0 pt

What's this

[–] • 0 pt
[–] • 1 pt (edited )

There's a javascript bookmarklet to do this for any site in . I'd have to find it

Try these

paywall killer javascript:(function(n,g,q,c,f)%7Bvar%20s=document,l=s.onclick,h=%22ws_cmbm-%22+f,b=s.getElementById(h),d=%22ws_cmbms-%22+f,p=s.getElementById(d),e=null,o,a=%7Btl:%7Bleft:%2210px%22,top:%2210px%22%7D,tr:%7Bright:%2210px%22,top:%2210px%22%7D,bl:%7Bleft:%2210px%22,bottom:%2210px%22%7D,br:%7Bright:%2210px%22,bottom:%2210px%22%7D%7D,k,m=%22.ws_cmbmc%7Bposition:fixed;z-index:10123456;width:200px;display:block;visibility:hidden;border:1px%20solid%20#b0b0b0;background:#fff;padding:3px%200%203px%203px;text-align:left;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;box-shadow:2px%202px%203px%20#777;-moz-box-shadow:2px%202px%203px%20#777;-webkit-box-shadow:2px%202px%203px%20#777;%7D.ws_cmbmc%20a%7Bdisplay:block;float:left;margin:0;width:191px;border:none;padding:8px%200%208px%206px;background:#fff;color:black;text-decoration:none;font:normal%20normal%20normal%2012px/100%25%20Verdana,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:normal;%7D.ws_cmbmc%20a:hover%7Bbackground:#a0a0a0;color:white;border:none;text-decoration:none;font:normal%20normal%20normal%2012px/100%25%20Verdana,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:normal;%7D%22;function%20r()%7Bb.style.visibility=%22hidden%22%7Dfunction%20j()%7Bb.style.visibility=%22visible%22%7Dif(b)%7Bif(b.style.visibility==%22visible%22)%7Br()%7Delse%7Bj()%7Dreturn%7Dif(!p)%7Bm=m.replace(/.ws_cmbmc/g,%22#%22+h);p=s.createElement(%22style%22);p.type=%22text/css%22;p.id=d;p.appendChild(s.createTextNode(m));s.getElementsByTagName(%22head%22)%5B0%5D.appendChild(p)%7Db=s.createElement(%22div%22);b.setAttribute(%22id%22,h);b.className=%22ws_cmbmc%22;for(o=0;o%3Cn.length;o++)%7Be=s.createElement(%22a%22);e.appendChild(s.createTextNode(n%5Bo%5D.title));e.setAttribute(%22href%22,n%5Bo%5D.url);e.onclick=(function(i)%7Bif(q)%7Br()%7D%7D);b.appendChild(e)%7Ds.getElementsByTagName(%22body%22)%5B0%5D.appendChild(b);if(a.hasOwnProperty(g))%7Bfor(k%20in%20a%5Bg%5D)%7Bb.style%5Bk%5D=a%5Bg%5D%5Bk%5D%7D%7Delse%7Bif(g==%22c%22)%7Bb.style.left=Math.round((window.innerWidth-b.offsetWidth)/2)+%22px%22;b.style.top=Math.round((window.innerHeight-b.offsetHeight)/2)+%22px%22%7D%7Dif(c)%7Bs.onclick=(function()%7Br();if(typeof%20l==%22function%22)%7Bl()%7D%7D);b.onclick=(function(i)%7Bi.stopPropagation()%7D)%7Dj()%7D)(%5B%7Btitle:%22InstapaperText%22,url:%22javascript:function%20iptxt()%7Bvar%20d=document;try%7Bif(!d.body)throw(0);window.location=%5Cx27http://www.instapaper.com/text?u=%5Cx27+encodeURIComponent(d.location.href);%7Dcatch(e)%7Balert(%5Cx27Please%20wait%20until%20the%20page%20has%20loaded.%5Cx27);%7D%7Diptxt();void(0)%22%7D,%7Btitle:%22Save2Instapaper%22,url:%22javascript:function%20iprl5()%7Bvar%20d=document,z=d.createElement(%5Cx27scr%5Cx27+%5Cx27ipt%5Cx27),b=d.body,l=d.location;try%7Bif(!b)throw(0);d.title=%5Cx27(Saving...)%20%5Cx27+d.title;z.setAttribute(%5Cx27src%5Cx27,l.protocol+%5Cx27//www.instapaper.com/j/vCUzsAs7OoTd?a=read-later&u=%5Cx27+encodeURIComponent(l.href)+%5Cx27&t=%5Cx27+(new%20Date().getTime()));b.appendChild(z);%7Dcatch(e)%7Balert(%5Cx27Please%20wait%20until%20the%20page%20has%20loaded.%5Cx27);%7D%7Diprl5();void(0)%22%7D,%7Btitle:%22Go2InstapaperHome%22,url:%22https://www.instapaper.com/u%22%7D,%7Btitle:%22outline-medium.com%22,url:%22javascript:(function()%257Bwindow.location.href%20%253D%20%5Cx27https%253A%252F%252Foutline.com%252F%5Cx27%20%252B%20window.location.href%257D)()%22%7D,%7Btitle:%22%F0%9F%94%8E%F0%9D%94%BE%20Google%20Query%22,url:%22javascript:void(open(%5Cx22https://www.google.com/search?q=%5Cx22+encodeURIComponent(document.title)))%22%7D%5D,%22tl%22,true,true,1625021401881)

multiple archive javascript:(function(n,g,q,c,f)%7Bvar%20s=document,l=s.onclick,h=%22ws_cmbm-%22+f,b=s.getElementById(h),d=%22ws_cmbms-%22+f,p=s.getElementById(d),e=null,o,a=%7Btl:%7Bleft:%2210px%22,top:%2210px%22%7D,tr:%7Bright:%2210px%22,top:%2210px%22%7D,bl:%7Bleft:%2210px%22,bottom:%2210px%22%7D,br:%7Bright:%2210px%22,bottom:%2210px%22%7D%7D,k,m=%22.ws_cmbmc%7Bposition:fixed;z-index:10123456;width:200px;display:block;visibility:hidden;border:1px%20solid%20#b0b0b0;background:#fff;padding:3px%200%203px%203px;text-align:left;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;box-shadow:2px%202px%203px%20#777;-moz-box-shadow:2px%202px%203px%20#777;-webkit-box-shadow:2px%202px%203px%20#777;%7D.ws_cmbmc%20a%7Bdisplay:block;float:left;margin:0;width:191px;border:none;padding:8px%200%208px%206px;background:#fff;color:black;text-decoration:none;font:normal%20normal%20normal%2012px/100%25%20Verdana,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:normal;%7D.ws_cmbmc%20a:hover%7Bbackground:#a0a0a0;color:white;border:none;text-decoration:none;font:normal%20normal%20normal%2012px/100%25%20Verdana,sans-serif;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:normal;%7D%22;function%20r()%7Bb.style.visibility=%22hidden%22%7Dfunction%20j()%7Bb.style.visibility=%22visible%22%7Dif(b)%7Bif(b.style.visibility==%22visible%22)%7Br()%7Delse%7Bj()%7Dreturn%7Dif(!p)%7Bm=m.replace(/.ws_cmbmc/g,%22#%22+h);p=s.createElement(%22style%22);p.type=%22text/css%22;p.id=d;p.appendChild(s.createTextNode(m));s.getElementsByTagName(%22head%22)%5B0%5D.appendChild(p)%7Db=s.createElement(%22div%22);b.setAttribute(%22id%22,h);b.className=%22ws_cmbmc%22;for(o=0;o%3Cn.length;o++)%7Be=s.createElement(%22a%22);e.appendChild(s.createTextNode(n%5Bo%5D.title));e.setAttribute(%22href%22,n%5Bo%5D.url);e.onclick=(function(i)%7Bif(q)%7Br()%7D%7D);b.appendChild(e)%7Ds.getElementsByTagName(%22body%22)%5B0%5D.appendChild(b);if(a.hasOwnProperty(g))%7Bfor(k%20in%20a%5Bg%5D)%7Bb.style%5Bk%5D=a%5Bg%5D%5Bk%5D%7D%7Delse%7Bif(g==%22c%22)%7Bb.style.left=Math.round((window.innerWidth-b.offsetWidth)/2)+%22px%22;b.style.top=Math.round((window.innerHeight-b.offsetHeight)/2)+%22px%22%7D%7Dif(c)%7Bs.onclick=(function()%7Br();if(typeof%20l==%22function%22)%7Bl()%7D%7D);b.onclick=(function(i)%7Bi.stopPropagation()%7D)%7Dj()%7D)(%5B%7Btitle:%22%F0%9F%94%91Archive.is%22,url:%22javascript:void(open(%5Cx27https://archive.today/?run=1&url=%5Cx27+encodeURIComponent(document.location)))%22%7D,%7Btitle:%22WaybackView%22,url:%22javascript:(function()%7Bif(location.href.indexOf(%5Cx27http%5Cx27)!=0)%7Binput=prompt(%5Cx27URL:%5Cx27,%5Cx27http://%5Cx27);if(input!=null)%7Blocation.href=%5Cx27http://web.archive.org/web/*/%5Cx27+input%7D%7Delse%7Blocation.href=%5Cx27http://web.archive.org/web/*/%5Cx27+location.href;%7D%7D)();%22%7D,%7Btitle:%22WaybackSave%22,url:%22javascript:void(window.open(%5Cx27https://web.archive.org/save/%5Cx27+location.href));%22%7D,%7Btitle:%22GoogleCache%22,url:%22javascript:window.location%20=%20%5Cx27https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:%5Cx27+window.location;%22%7D%5D,%22tl%22,true,true,1625020838528)

[–] • 1 pt

Did anyone notice that the article on how you steal "intellectual property" behind a paywall, used a stock photo of a mixed race female looking negroine (negress?)?

Too funny..

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

That's too much work to read something that is nothing more than a leftist lie and wish list....

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

The Bypass Paywalls plugin from the article seems to work.

[–] • -1 pt

Or here’s a novel idea: pay providers for their content. If it’s not worth your money (WaPo, NYT, etc.) then it’s not worth your time reading. Support those providers who create quality content and let the rest go the way of the dodo.

[–] • 4 pts

It's about surveilling the enemy.

[–] • 2 pts

I only pay companies that don't support socialism. If they promote socialism, then I'm going to experiment with them sharing their property, and if it works out for them, I'll consider sharing mine.