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WSJ has a paywall. Anyone got a pastebin of the content?

by majortennis 8y ago

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mkspcd 8y ago
Just replace 'wsj' by 'fullwsj' in the URL to access the content. EDIT : see below for what it actually does. :)
- jwilk 8y ago
  It doesn't just "change the referer". It redirects you to Facebook, which redirects you back to WSJ. If you don't want Facebook to know which articles you read, there are web extensions to fake the referer. I'm using https://github.com/JoaoAparicio/read-ft-wsj https://github.com/JoaoAparicio/read-ft-wsj .
  - mkspcd 8y ago
    OK, thanks for the explanation. I didn't look into it in detail, my mistake.
- bartcobain 8y ago
  Can something like this be done for Medium?
eyeareque 8y ago
Pay walled links should not be allowed here.
- throwawaysea 8y ago
  Why? Some of the best content out there is supported by subscriptions and deserves discussion as well as financial support.
  - eyeareque 8y ago
    That’s fine, but if it’s not publicly accessible don’t advertise the pay for entry content, the masses can’t view it without waiting for someone to post a workaround link. I would be fine with this if the link was to working content (the workaround link).
- floatingatoll 8y ago
  The mods generally seem to disagree. You might email the site operators using the Contact link below, as discussing here won’t have any impact on general site policy.
- dang 8y ago
  If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20paywall https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...
jwilk 8y ago
https://archive.is/3VGLm https://archive.is/3VGLm , but there's isn't much content beyond the video. You should be able to download the video with youtube-dl.
wetpaws 8y ago
Obligatory outline link: https://outline.com/k4V2Gt https://outline.com/k4V2Gt

WSJ has a paywall. Anyone got a pastebin of the content?

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mkspcd 8y ago

Just replace 'wsj' by 'fullwsj' in the URL to access the content. EDIT : see below for what it actually does. :)

jwilk 8y ago
It doesn't just "change the referer". It redirects you to Facebook, which redirects you back to WSJ. If you don't want Facebook to know which articles you read, there are web extensions to fake the referer. I'm using https://github.com/JoaoAparicio/read-ft-wsj https://github.com/JoaoAparicio/read-ft-wsj .
- mkspcd 8y ago
  OK, thanks for the explanation. I didn't look into it in detail, my mistake.
bartcobain 8y ago
Can something like this be done for Medium?

eyeareque 8y ago

Pay walled links should not be allowed here.

throwawaysea 8y ago
Why? Some of the best content out there is supported by subscriptions and deserves discussion as well as financial support.
- eyeareque 8y ago
  That’s fine, but if it’s not publicly accessible don’t advertise the pay for entry content, the masses can’t view it without waiting for someone to post a workaround link. I would be fine with this if the link was to working content (the workaround link).
floatingatoll 8y ago
The mods generally seem to disagree. You might email the site operators using the Contact link below, as discussing here won’t have any impact on general site policy.
dang 8y ago
If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the thread. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20paywall https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

jwilk 8y ago

https://archive.is/3VGLm https://archive.is/3VGLm , but there's isn't much content beyond the video. You should be able to download the video with youtube-dl.

wetpaws 8y ago

Obligatory outline link: https://outline.com/k4V2Gt https://outline.com/k4V2Gt