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Paywall . . .

gnicholas 9y ago
Can access via social media (just do a search on twitter for the article) or via the Read Across The Aisle app/Chrome extension, which is free and includes a free pass to the WSJ (disclosure: I am the founder).
- jbob2000 9y ago
  Ugh no. I just want to click a link and have it work, I am tired of workarounds. I know the hacker news guidelines allow paywall sites to be submitted, but it's getting a bit much when every third link is a paywall. And now you want me to download an app to read this? Which will probably scrape my phone for analytics? UGGGHHH dude!
  - jannes 9y ago
    Here is a link: http://archive.is/Fb1D4 http://archive.is/Fb1D4
    - greatartiste 9y ago
      That works - Many thanks
    - jbob2000 9y ago
      Proxy services blocked by corporate firewall. Oh well.
      - frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
        http://www.cetusnews.com/business/WeWork--A-%2420-Billion-Startup-Fueled-by-Silicon-Valley-Pixie-Dust.SklaC04IT-.html http://www.cetusnews.com/business/WeWork--A-%2420-Billion-St...
- greatartiste 9y ago
  I did that and am trying to access via Twitter but just hit the same paywall.
  - kornish 9y ago
    Could be a browser cache thing. Try accessing from Twitter in incognito.
jannes 9y ago
Archived copy: http://archive.is/Fb1D4 http://archive.is/Fb1D4
- Mankhool 9y ago
  Thank you.
oregondan 9y ago
I forget where I got it from, but I have this JS snippet saved as a bookmark--it gets around the WSJ paywall by 'redirecting' from Facebook. javascript:window.location.href='https://m.facebook.com/l.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);
Animats 9y ago
Put article title into Facebook search. Facebook and the WSJ apparently have a deal on the paywall.
feelin_googley 9y ago
s,com,&/amp, https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wework-a-20-billion-startup-fueled-by-silicon-valley-pixie-dust-1508424483 https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wework-a-20-billion-startup... Then view in "Reader" mode. Most of the major browsers have it. Alternatively, extract the text from the page and leave the Javascript behind. The Javascript is not needed to read the text.
- erikb 9y ago
  all of your links are walling again, AND deactivating reader mode in my browser.
  - feelin_googley 9y ago
    Retrieve the page with a small http client instead of a large browser. e.g., wget, curl, fetch, etc. Save it. wget -o savedpage.htm https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wework-a-20-billion-startup-fueled-by-silicon-valley-pixie-dust-1508424483 Delete the Javascript. sed -i '/<p>/,/<\/p>/!d' savedpage.htm Open savedpage.htm in a browser.
    - erikb 9y ago
      Loving your sed skills!

Paywall . . .

Can access via social media (just do a search on twitter for the article) or via the Read Across The Aisle app/Chrome extension, which is free and includes a free pass to the WSJ (disclosure: I am the founder).

jbob2000 9y ago
Ugh no. I just want to click a link and have it work, I am tired of workarounds. I know the hacker news guidelines allow paywall sites to be submitted, but it's getting a bit much when every third link is a paywall. And now you want me to download an app to read this? Which will probably scrape my phone for analytics? UGGGHHH dude!
- jannes 9y ago
  Here is a link: http://archive.is/Fb1D4 http://archive.is/Fb1D4
  - greatartiste 9y ago
    That works - Many thanks
  - jbob2000 9y ago
    Proxy services blocked by corporate firewall. Oh well.
    - frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
      http://www.cetusnews.com/business/WeWork--A-%2420-Billion-Startup-Fueled-by-Silicon-Valley-Pixie-Dust.SklaC04IT-.html http://www.cetusnews.com/business/WeWork--A-%2420-Billion-St...
greatartiste 9y ago
I did that and am trying to access via Twitter but just hit the same paywall.
- kornish 9y ago
  Could be a browser cache thing. Try accessing from Twitter in incognito.

jannes 9y ago

Archived copy: http://archive.is/Fb1D4 http://archive.is/Fb1D4

Mankhool 9y ago
Thank you.

oregondan 9y ago

I forget where I got it from, but I have this JS snippet saved as a bookmark--it gets around the WSJ paywall by 'redirecting' from Facebook. javascript:window.location.href='https://m.facebook.com/l.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);

Animats 9y ago

Put article title into Facebook search. Facebook and the WSJ apparently have a deal on the paywall.

feelin_googley 9y ago

s,com,&/amp, https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wework-a-20-billion-startup-fueled-by-silicon-valley-pixie-dust-1508424483 https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wework-a-20-billion-startup... Then view in "Reader" mode. Most of the major browsers have it. Alternatively, extract the text from the page and leave the Javascript behind. The Javascript is not needed to read the text.

erikb 9y ago
all of your links are walling again, AND deactivating reader mode in my browser.
- feelin_googley 9y ago
  Retrieve the page with a small http client instead of a large browser. e.g., wget, curl, fetch, etc. Save it. wget -o savedpage.htm https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wework-a-20-billion-startup-fueled-by-silicon-valley-pixie-dust-1508424483 Delete the Javascript. sed -i '/<p>/,/<\/p>/!d' savedpage.htm Open savedpage.htm in a browser.
  - erikb 9y ago
    Loving your sed skills!