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Non-paywalled coverage: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/04/nobel-prize-for-literature-2018-cancelled-after-sexual-assault-scandal https://www.theguar

Non-paywalled coverage: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/04/nobel-prize-for-literature-2018-cancelled-after-sexual-assault-scandal https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/04/nobel-prize-fo...

fwdpropaganda 9y ago
Alternatively, here's a tiny firefox extension that replaces your referrer with "Facebook" whenever you try and access the WSJ or the Financial Times: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/read-ft-wsj/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/read-ft-wsj/
- hultner 9y ago
  Does that actually work? If so I suppose it would be quite easy to port to other browsers.
  - toyg 9y ago
    Just tested and it does indeed work. One should probably use private mode in combination, so cookies get reset every time.
    - hultner 9y ago
      Nice, I just loaded the extension into chrome manually and it seems to work.
    - fwdpropaganda 9y ago
      Yes, probably. Personally, I always use uMatrix and block all cookies by default (except for some specific websites which I manually whitelist). So I have no idea what happens if you use this extension without blocking cookies.
  - fwdpropaganda 9y ago
    That actually does work. Also works for Chrome. On github: https://github.com/JoaoAparicio/read-ft-wsj/ https://github.com/JoaoAparicio/read-ft-wsj/
- s3m4j 9y ago
  Or under the submission you can click the "web" link which sends you to a google search and through that you'll have non-paywalled access. (JFYI, since that link is there on HN, and it's periodically forgotten)
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - infinite8s 9y ago
    The web link no longer works with the Wall Street Journal.
    - venning 9y ago
      It did for me just now. Android phone, web link into Incognito Mode, open AMP link. Full text.
  - mdrzn 9y ago
    That trick stopped working a while ago on desktop pc tho. It seems it still works on mobile.
- joosters 9y ago
  Wow, that really seems to work! Thanks for the link.

fwdpropaganda 9y ago

Alternatively, here's a tiny firefox extension that replaces your referrer with "Facebook" whenever you try and access the WSJ or the Financial Times: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/read-ft-wsj/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/read-ft-wsj/

hultner 9y ago
Does that actually work? If so I suppose it would be quite easy to port to other browsers.
- toyg 9y ago
  Just tested and it does indeed work. One should probably use private mode in combination, so cookies get reset every time.
  - hultner 9y ago
    Nice, I just loaded the extension into chrome manually and it seems to work.
  - fwdpropaganda 9y ago
    Yes, probably. Personally, I always use uMatrix and block all cookies by default (except for some specific websites which I manually whitelist). So I have no idea what happens if you use this extension without blocking cookies.
- fwdpropaganda 9y ago
  That actually does work. Also works for Chrome. On github: https://github.com/JoaoAparicio/read-ft-wsj/ https://github.com/JoaoAparicio/read-ft-wsj/
s3m4j 9y ago
Or under the submission you can click the "web" link which sends you to a google search and through that you'll have non-paywalled access. (JFYI, since that link is there on HN, and it's periodically forgotten)
- deleted 9y ago
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- infinite8s 9y ago
  The web link no longer works with the Wall Street Journal.
  - venning 9y ago
    It did for me just now. Android phone, web link into Incognito Mode, open AMP link. Full text.
- mdrzn 9y ago
  That trick stopped working a while ago on desktop pc tho. It seems it still works on mobile.
joosters 9y ago
Wow, that really seems to work! Thanks for the link.