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FT has a hard-stop paywall with no workarounds. Why are their links allowed to be posted here, and how do they make it to the front page, considering that the
by downandout 9y ago
FT has a hard-stop paywall with no workarounds. Why are their links allowed to be posted here, and how do they make it to the front page, considering that the vast majority of HN readers do not have a paid subscription?
Edit: Apparently the Facebook workaround works for FT if you haven't been cookied there before. Open their links in an incognito window, and then use this bookmarklet - works on all WSJ articles as well.
javascript:window.location.href='https://m.facebook.com/l.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);
- booleandilemma 9y agoClick the “web” link on HN and then click the first Google link. Worked for me. That being said, FT is worth subscribing to.
- downandout 9y agoThe google workaround has never worked for me on FT, even with cleared cookies. Maybe they're going by IP address.
- dang 9y agoUsers post workarounds in the threads. There was one there when you commented.