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paywalled ; is there a workaround?

by sheepdestroyer 8y ago

jedwhite 8y ago
Outlined link: https://outline.com/5CcYvM https://outline.com/5CcYvM
- Predible 8y ago
  Its not the same article
  - jedwhite 8y ago
    It could possibly be a locally cached url if their shortlinks are recycled It may be worth opening in an Incognito window / clearing cookies to see. I'm not associated with them but links are frequently posted for paywall articles using it as the workaround (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). From the US on a clean browser session it appears to be working for this article. I was also able to access it by searching the title on google in an Incognito window and following the link as an alternate workaround. It's a fairly detailed article with some interesting information, so is worth the read if you can get to it. Good luck.
nimithryn 8y ago
Two methods I always use: 1. Google the article title and click on the search results to reach the article. 2. Refresh the webpage; as the page loads, hit the x in the browser to kill the loading. Sometimes this loads the article but not the paywall.
- sheepdestroyer 8y ago
  Both methods do not work for me... Coming from google gives me the same result as clicking the link from here. This is actually a recommendation i saw here a few time but that never worked for me. What could the variables be? I am on Chrome/linux, outside of the US. When I see this happening, I just want to flag every such wsj articles... Edit : and then I read that : http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/after-years-of-testing-the-wall-street-journal-has-built-a-paywall-that-bends-to-the-individual-reader/ http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/after-years-of-testing-the-... "Non-subscribed visitors to WSJ.com now each receive a propensity score based on more than 60 signals, such as whether the reader is visiting for the first time, the operating system they’re using, the device they’re reading on, what they chose to click on, and their location (plus a whole host of other demographic info it infers from that location)" OK, maybe I should not bother trying reading that profiling machine garbage anymore

paywalled ; is there a workaround?

jedwhite 8y ago

Outlined link: https://outline.com/5CcYvM https://outline.com/5CcYvM

Predible 8y ago
Its not the same article
- jedwhite 8y ago
  It could possibly be a locally cached url if their shortlinks are recycled It may be worth opening in an Incognito window / clearing cookies to see. I'm not associated with them but links are frequently posted for paywall articles using it as the workaround (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). From the US on a clean browser session it appears to be working for this article. I was also able to access it by searching the title on google in an Incognito window and following the link as an alternate workaround. It's a fairly detailed article with some interesting information, so is worth the read if you can get to it. Good luck.

nimithryn 8y ago

Two methods I always use: 1. Google the article title and click on the search results to reach the article. 2. Refresh the webpage; as the page loads, hit the x in the browser to kill the loading. Sometimes this loads the article but not the paywall.

sheepdestroyer 8y ago
Both methods do not work for me... Coming from google gives me the same result as clicking the link from here. This is actually a recommendation i saw here a few time but that never worked for me. What could the variables be? I am on Chrome/linux, outside of the US. When I see this happening, I just want to flag every such wsj articles... Edit : and then I read that : http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/after-years-of-testing-the-wall-street-journal-has-built-a-paywall-that-bends-to-the-individual-reader/ http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/after-years-of-testing-the-... "Non-subscribed visitors to WSJ.com now each receive a propensity score based on more than 60 signals, such as whether the reader is visiting for the first time, the operating system they’re using, the device they’re reading on, what they chose to click on, and their location (plus a whole host of other demographic info it infers from that location)" OK, maybe I should not bother trying reading that profiling machine garbage anymore