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(Via reddit) There is a way to get around the paywall for all articles with no limits. WSJ considers links to articles from Facebook to be advertising, and allo

(Via reddit) There is a way to get around the paywall for all articles with no limits. WSJ considers links to articles from Facebook to be advertising, and allows full access. Next time you find a WSJ article you want to read, simply paste the following address BEFORE the address of the paywalled article in your URL bar: http://facebook.com/l.php?u= http://facebook.com/l.php?u=

mg794613 8y ago
I don't have Facebook and don't want to be tracked anymore. It's just paying with extra steps.
- mpoteat 8y ago
  This may be against a TOS, but I'm sure if you changed your User Agent to match a common web crawler you would observe... something.
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baobrain 8y ago
Throwing it in [outline.com](https://outline.com https://outline.com) has been the easiest for me so far
- teejmya 8y ago
  This finally broke. https://outline.com/sSMk7s https://outline.com/sSMk7s
cronix 8y ago
Or just bypass them to being with. Here's a good plugin for firefox: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox
slacka 8y ago
If you can afford a subscription, please consider supporting our Free Press. Last year, 53 journalists like khashoggi were murdered in their quest to keep us informed. America's leader has a war on the Fourth Estate constantly labeling them, "Fake News". American Journalists are paying the price for this toxic rhetoric.[2][3] In this time more than ever, those that can afford it, please support real journalism like WSJ, NYT, and Wapo. Social Media has been a gift to dictators, allowing them to speak directly to their subjects. It also has embolden them to use violence against journalists that report the world in a way that conflicts with their message. I've been trying to do my part by giving out digital subscriptions to friends and family that share actual fake news on social media. [1] https://www.apnews.com/2deb8e97a7454800803bc5d156c36d2f https://www.apnews.com/2deb8e97a7454800803bc5d156c36d2f [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Gazette_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Gazette_shooting [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2018_United_States_mail_bombing_attempts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2018_United_States_mai...
- jessaustin 8y ago
  Some good people got murdered, so give your money to this big corporation? I don't follow.
  - slacka 8y ago
    First of all there are still local newspapers that have enough business to support investigative journalism. We can thank the Miami Herald for their work in breaking the Trump labor Sec. / Epstein scandal wide open. [1] Secondly there are nonprofit like ProPublica that do amazing work. They were a major force that brought the dangers of fracking into light.[2] Finally, Investigative journalism isn't cheap. The orgs need to pay a salary and travel costs for months and years on a story that may or may not pan out. In an interview, the journalist that broke it said that it took months to research and fact check an anonymous tip to develop it into a full blow story. So no, I don't feel bad about NYT being a "corporation" when their quality journalism brings to light stores like this. [1] https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html [2] https://www.propublica.org/series/fracking https://www.propublica.org/series/fracking [3] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html?module=inline https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/d...
taftster 8y ago
OR just don't read the article. If WSJ wants to charge for access, and I'm not entitled to said access, then I'm just not reading the article. This is as close to voting with my wallet as I can get. Routing around with outline.com or redirects through fb.com doens't really help the problem. Stop reading it and move onto other sources who welcome your eyeballs without direct payment. Support the indie journalists.

mg794613 8y ago

I don't have Facebook and don't want to be tracked anymore. It's just paying with extra steps.

mpoteat 8y ago
This may be against a TOS, but I'm sure if you changed your User Agent to match a common web crawler you would observe... something.

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baobrain 8y ago

Throwing it in [outline.com](https://outline.com https://outline.com) has been the easiest for me so far

teejmya 8y ago
This finally broke. https://outline.com/sSMk7s https://outline.com/sSMk7s

cronix 8y ago

Or just bypass them to being with. Here's a good plugin for firefox: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox

slacka 8y ago

If you can afford a subscription, please consider supporting our Free Press. Last year, 53 journalists like khashoggi were murdered in their quest to keep us informed. America's leader has a war on the Fourth Estate constantly labeling them, "Fake News". American Journalists are paying the price for this toxic rhetoric.[2][3] In this time more than ever, those that can afford it, please support real journalism like WSJ, NYT, and Wapo. Social Media has been a gift to dictators, allowing them to speak directly to their subjects. It also has embolden them to use violence against journalists that report the world in a way that conflicts with their message. I've been trying to do my part by giving out digital subscriptions to friends and family that share actual fake news on social media. [1] https://www.apnews.com/2deb8e97a7454800803bc5d156c36d2f https://www.apnews.com/2deb8e97a7454800803bc5d156c36d2f [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Gazette_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Gazette_shooting [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2018_United_States_mail_bombing_attempts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2018_United_States_mai...

jessaustin 8y ago
Some good people got murdered, so give your money to this big corporation? I don't follow.
- slacka 8y ago
  First of all there are still local newspapers that have enough business to support investigative journalism. We can thank the Miami Herald for their work in breaking the Trump labor Sec. / Epstein scandal wide open. [1] Secondly there are nonprofit like ProPublica that do amazing work. They were a major force that brought the dangers of fracking into light.[2] Finally, Investigative journalism isn't cheap. The orgs need to pay a salary and travel costs for months and years on a story that may or may not pan out. In an interview, the journalist that broke it said that it took months to research and fact check an anonymous tip to develop it into a full blow story. So no, I don't feel bad about NYT being a "corporation" when their quality journalism brings to light stores like this. [1] https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html [2] https://www.propublica.org/series/fracking https://www.propublica.org/series/fracking [3] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html?module=inline https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/d...

taftster 8y ago

OR just don't read the article. If WSJ wants to charge for access, and I'm not entitled to said access, then I'm just not reading the article. This is as close to voting with my wallet as I can get. Routing around with outline.com or redirects through fb.com doens't really help the problem. Stop reading it and move onto other sources who welcome your eyeballs without direct payment. Support the indie journalists.