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The usual advice of opening in Private Mode doesn't work anymore as a workaround. I found though one can search for the link in google, then click on it and it

The usual advice of opening in Private Mode doesn't work anymore as a workaround. I found though one can search for the link in google, then click on it and it will let you in.

itronitron 7y ago
yeah, that is interesting... searching in DuckDuckGo also works
TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
There’s a link on this page under the title of the article via the word Web that does that for you.
JudasGoat 7y ago
https://github.com/iamadamdev https://github.com/iamadamdev works good in Chrome. I haven't tried Firefox.
- RandomBacon 7y ago
  Works on Firefox Mobile on Android with uBlock Origin and several other privacy add-ons also installed.
- icelancer 7y ago
  Confirmed on Chrome. Thanks for this!
- antgly 7y ago
  Sorta unrelated, but has anyone gotten this to work with Quartz News articles? I’ve had little success with trying it to bypass their paywalls.
dexen 7y ago
I want to boycott websites that paywall themselves off like that. Hopefully with some more similarly minded people we can get the ball rolling - get Google to honestly enforce their no cloaking policy. Maybe even get HN to de-rank submissions from their domains.
- vultour 7y ago
  Why? Because you don't want to pay for content?
  - antgly 7y ago
    Because a lot of paywalled content just merely creates the semblance of quality, which leads to less critical thinking amongst its readers. I think there should be exceptions, but paying for clickbait, in my opinion, is rewarding those who create it and incentivizes a lower quality of journalistic integrity.
paulcole 7y ago
Here’s a sneaky little hack that really works well. When you like a site’s content enough to want to read it, pay them! Edit: Why the downvotes? Actually paying for things is a form of disruption!
- hnbroseph 7y ago
  I don't think anyone wants to read it for its own sake though, rather its something that's been shared and in that context its annoying. Not to mention people aren't exactly interested in subscribing to countless content outlets.
  - drtillberg 7y ago
    Is anyone working on a meta-level a-la-carte subscription system? Pay 3d party, which grants per-article access to journalist websites at a lower price point than full subscription to any or all of them. Bonus if the system shields identity so as not to allow publisher to personalize ads, etc.
    - lowercased 7y ago
      we've been waiting for this for... 20 years? Apple's "news" thing might get the closest, perhaps, but I still have to subscribe to that. 3 different people suggested this story to me (originally from Detroit area, and have had family in Russia for a spell). I'm not subscribing to the whole site for this one story. If I could have paid, say, 15-30c to get it, I would have done so.

The usual advice of opening in Private Mode doesn't work anymore as a workaround. I found though one can search for the link in google, then click on it and it will let you in.

itronitron 7y ago

yeah, that is interesting... searching in DuckDuckGo also works

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago

There’s a link on this page under the title of the article via the word Web that does that for you.

JudasGoat 7y ago

https://github.com/iamadamdev https://github.com/iamadamdev works good in Chrome. I haven't tried Firefox.

RandomBacon 7y ago
Works on Firefox Mobile on Android with uBlock Origin and several other privacy add-ons also installed.
icelancer 7y ago
Confirmed on Chrome. Thanks for this!
antgly 7y ago
Sorta unrelated, but has anyone gotten this to work with Quartz News articles? I’ve had little success with trying it to bypass their paywalls.

dexen 7y ago

I want to boycott websites that paywall themselves off like that. Hopefully with some more similarly minded people we can get the ball rolling - get Google to honestly enforce their no cloaking policy. Maybe even get HN to de-rank submissions from their domains.

vultour 7y ago
Why? Because you don't want to pay for content?
- antgly 7y ago
  Because a lot of paywalled content just merely creates the semblance of quality, which leads to less critical thinking amongst its readers. I think there should be exceptions, but paying for clickbait, in my opinion, is rewarding those who create it and incentivizes a lower quality of journalistic integrity.

paulcole 7y ago

Here’s a sneaky little hack that really works well. When you like a site’s content enough to want to read it, pay them! Edit: Why the downvotes? Actually paying for things is a form of disruption!

hnbroseph 7y ago
I don't think anyone wants to read it for its own sake though, rather its something that's been shared and in that context its annoying. Not to mention people aren't exactly interested in subscribing to countless content outlets.
- drtillberg 7y ago
  Is anyone working on a meta-level a-la-carte subscription system? Pay 3d party, which grants per-article access to journalist websites at a lower price point than full subscription to any or all of them. Bonus if the system shields identity so as not to allow publisher to personalize ads, etc.
  - lowercased 7y ago
    we've been waiting for this for... 20 years? Apple's "news" thing might get the closest, perhaps, but I still have to subscribe to that. 3 different people suggested this story to me (originally from Detroit area, and have had family in Russia for a spell). I'm not subscribing to the whole site for this one story. If I could have paid, say, 15-30c to get it, I would have done so.