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12ft doesn't cut it anymore, any advice on getting past article paywalls

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Yeah 12ft doenst seem to work on any sites anymore. Does anyone have any alternatives that work? I’m already familiar with the airplane mode trick but that’s not always fit for purpose.

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variants@possumpat.io
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I just copy the link to archive.org and read the archived page

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Nugelz@programming.devOP
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So this doesn’t work for wallstreet Journal pages unfortunately but does work for Natgeo! Thank you!

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moonmeow@lemmy.ml
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Try turning off JavaScript when ur faced with an overlaying paywall

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Euphoma@lemmy.ml
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Yeah, I haven’t seen a paywall in years with javascript disabled by default.

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library_napper@monyet.cc
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Lots of sites just dont load anything w JS disabled. Nytimes for example

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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Zerush@lemmy.ml
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Simple filterlists, by definition, only work for a short time. Maybe a specific userscript can help. There are also Extensions, which redirect to articles about the same content to sites without paywall, like Unpaywall do, which is maybe the best option.

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=paywall

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danafest@lemm.ee
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I use this on Firefox Mobile and desktop and it works great

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UprisingVoltage@feddit.it
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This is the way. They also have adblock lists you can add directly to ublock/adguard

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