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How to get around the WSJ paywall: - Copy the URL - Paste the URL into the Facebook textbox where you would create a post - Click on the preview, so the refe
by temuze 10y ago
How to get around the WSJ paywall:
- Copy the URL
- Paste the URL into the Facebook textbox where you would create a post
- Click on the preview, so the referrer url is Facebook
Could probably make a Chrome extension for this...
- fweespeech 10y agoThe problem is these tricks aren't 100% reliable.
- ChadMoran 10y agoCTRL+SHIFT+N Opens a new incognito window. Paste. Done.
- andrewbinstock 10y agoNope. Doesn't work on Windows 7 running Chrome, nor I expect on many other system/browser combos.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- wangchow 10y agoOr, do what's fair and pay up if you like the articles..
- kzisme 10y agoIs their $12/12 weeks method ~really~ that effective for news aggregation websites such as HN or Reddit? Unless you've been a subscriber to the physical subscription, and enjoy it I see no reason why someone from one of these sites would subscribe.
- PhantomGremlin 10y agoI would gladly pay $1/week for the WSJ. Reporters and editors have mortgages to pay and families to feed. The problem is that's a teaser rate. The current rate for 1 year is $277. That's way more than I'm willing to pay for a single newspaper.
- anantzoid 10y agoBut don't they earn through ads? Like other news websites.
- kzisme 10y agoAh yes I would do the same possibly - but Amazon Prime is $99 a year and offers has many more uses. After the 12 weeks I assume it automatically signs you up for a year/monthly subscription and you have to remember to cancel it. Also someone had already mentioned - they probably run many Ads as well. I just find it hard to justify.
- jawilson2 10y agohttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-wsj/fbnkddhhmgncpdelhcefpeebnjeoicbl https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-wsj/fbnkddhhm...
- kzisme 10y agoI don't even bother wasting my time to go around a PayWall anymore. Slight annoyance has led me to avoiding and WSJ links unless it's fairly interesting.
- suanmeiguo 10y agoGoogle the article title, then click on the google news link. full article bang!
- TwoFactor 10y agoClick the "web" link under the article title, then click on the first result.
- probably_wrong 10y agoThat doesn't always work. Source: I'm on mobile right now, it doesn't work. Country of origin and/or incognito mode could be a factor.
- civilian 10y agoA lot of sites are pretty bad on mobile, should we disqualify all sites that are bad on mobile? When I browse HN on mobile I lower my expectations.
- ptaipale 10y agoAnd when you click the first result, open it in incognito/private window. Otherwise WSJ sees your cookies and knows you've been there before.
- barrkel 10y agoRefControl (use a Google property) and Cookie Controller (deny cookies).
- snarfy 10y agoOr stop posting them to HN? Seriously, would we tolerate any other subscription required site? Why does WSJ get a pass?
- pg_is_a_butt 10y agobecause of Jews.
- kornish 10y agoWSJ gets a pass because the content is often high-quality and, as demonstrated above, it's trivially easy to get around the paywall. Were it not trivially easy, it wouldn't get a pass.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoSeriously, why do we need in-depth journalism uncovering frauds like Theranos when we can have free blogspam about personal experiences at coding boot camps.
- DashRattlesnake 10y ago> Why does WSJ get a pass? At least in this case, the WSJ article looks like it's the primary source for this story: https://www.google.com/#tbm=nws&q=%22Tom+Malafronte%22 https://www.google.com/#tbm=nws&q=%22Tom+Malafronte%22 The other hits that come up (right now) are foreign-language articles and/or cite the WSJ. More broadly, my guess would be the WSJ is tolerated because it often has interesting stories that aren't covered or covered well anywhere else (and we're all fairly adept at avoiding its paywall).
- teh_klev 10y agoI know this has been done to death, but... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html Are paywalls ok? It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But please don't post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
- teh_klev 10y agoOr...just archive.is: http://archive.is/rIBZT http://archive.is/rIBZT