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Sorry for my ignorance on this, but recently I find that top hacker news articles need a paid subscription. Do you have a trick for accessing them or just every

Sorry for my ignorance on this, but recently I find that top hacker news articles need a paid subscription. Do you have a trick for accessing them or just everyone here has a paid subscription?

redisman 7y ago
I guess people just read the headline. AFAIK Incognito tricks don't work anymore so I also can't read these articles at all.
- mcphilip 7y ago
  Anecdotally, on both mobile and desktop I’m able to hit the X button on Chrome after the content loads but before the paywall shows and read the entire article.
istjohn 7y ago
Try archive.is
x13 7y ago
https://github.com/iamadamdev https://github.com/iamadamdev may help
deckar01 7y ago
console.log(document.querySelector('.meteredContent').innerText.replace(/(.{80}\w*)\s*/g, '$1\n'))
eggsthedev 7y ago
I use uBlock Origin, I don't know if it helps block the subscription popup but I can read it properly in Firefox.
Traster 7y ago
On NYT in particular, load the page, when the text loads hit escape and the subscription nag simply doesn't load. It's not particularly ethical, but on the other hand maybe NYT should get serious about the software that's meant to protect its business model.
- rocqua 7y ago
  "If they don't want me to steal, they should have better locks." Would not be a good defense to allow theft. That is not to say piracy is theft. Only that 'they should protect themselves better' is not a justification.
  - deckar01 7y ago
    They aren't withholding the content on page load or requiring authentication, because they need search engines to be able to read it freely to get SEO benefits. They are tricking the search engines and to think they are giving content away to everyone for free unconditionally. They gave you the article for free, then added a bunch of CSS to make it difficult to consume. Modifying the content they already gave you for free is not stealing.
michaelwu 7y ago
If you by chance have a mac or an iPhone, you can use Safari's reader mode read all the text comfortably after the page loads. Most of these sites load the text and then load some js to hide it from you. I've found reader mode works reasonably well on NYT and Bloomberg.
smileysteve 7y ago
Consider purchasing a wsj, nytimes, and Washington post subscription; It may help you get value out of the news aggregator.

Sorry for my ignorance on this, but recently I find that top hacker news articles need a paid subscription. Do you have a trick for accessing them or just everyone here has a paid subscription?

redisman 7y ago

I guess people just read the headline. AFAIK Incognito tricks don't work anymore so I also can't read these articles at all.

mcphilip 7y ago
Anecdotally, on both mobile and desktop I’m able to hit the X button on Chrome after the content loads but before the paywall shows and read the entire article.

istjohn 7y ago

Try archive.is

x13 7y ago

https://github.com/iamadamdev https://github.com/iamadamdev may help

deckar01 7y ago

console.log(document.querySelector('.meteredContent').innerText.replace(/(.{80}\w*)\s*/g, '$1\n'))

eggsthedev 7y ago

I use uBlock Origin, I don't know if it helps block the subscription popup but I can read it properly in Firefox.

Traster 7y ago

On NYT in particular, load the page, when the text loads hit escape and the subscription nag simply doesn't load. It's not particularly ethical, but on the other hand maybe NYT should get serious about the software that's meant to protect its business model.

rocqua 7y ago
"If they don't want me to steal, they should have better locks." Would not be a good defense to allow theft. That is not to say piracy is theft. Only that 'they should protect themselves better' is not a justification.
- deckar01 7y ago
  They aren't withholding the content on page load or requiring authentication, because they need search engines to be able to read it freely to get SEO benefits. They are tricking the search engines and to think they are giving content away to everyone for free unconditionally. They gave you the article for free, then added a bunch of CSS to make it difficult to consume. Modifying the content they already gave you for free is not stealing.

michaelwu 7y ago

If you by chance have a mac or an iPhone, you can use Safari's reader mode read all the text comfortably after the page loads. Most of these sites load the text and then load some js to hide it from you. I've found reader mode works reasonably well on NYT and Bloomberg.

smileysteve 7y ago

Consider purchasing a wsj, nytimes, and Washington post subscription; It may help you get value out of the news aggregator.