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What is the workaround for the New York Times paywall?
by bitlax 7y ago
What is the workaround for the New York Times paywall?
- ProAm 7y agoPaying for content you want to read. Good journalism isn't cheap, this is one of those things you shouldnt pirate.
- lostgame 7y agoIf I could pay somehow on a per-article basis, for the articles I stumbled upon - I would. I don’t regularly read NYT and would have no use for a monthly subscription as HN is the only place I see (unfortunately) regularly posting from NYT. What we need is some kind of universal pass for articles that you pay a monthly fee for, and then as you read the articles from the sites it supports, it pays that publisher. Additionally, the poster asked for a workaround - not to be lambasted for their choice to do so. :)
- corebit 7y agoSounds like Brave's BAT!
- SuoDuanDao 7y agoBrave Browser is an attempt at something similar.
- rb808 7y agoIf you create an account you get 5 free articles a month so that should suit you fine.
- ISL 7y agoI'd do it (and indeed have done it, but don't use the account), if I didn't have to be tracked in order to read....
- lostgame 7y agoYup. This. No, I don’t need yet another company having my info - I’m demanded to sign up on a brand new computer I just set up - I don’t even get a free article anymore. Tested it on a VPN to make sure, even. I think ‘quality journalism’ can do without stopping to this level.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoDutch startup Blendle tried to do this, working with national newspapers to sell articles on a per-article basis. NY Times was one of their investors.
- Aloha 7y agohttps://launch.blendle.com https://launch.blendle.com They still are doing it - the issue of course is blendle wants me to be the portal from which I read all my news - and I want to read it from wherever, my account bring debited when I read a blendled page.
- lostgame 7y ago>> the issue of course is blendle wants me to be the portal from which I read all my news Bahaha, yeah, no. That’s not what I’m talking about. Imagine we could also pay a generic monthly fee for e.g. access to Netflix, Disney+, etc, and the profits go to the services we are watching at the time. All this celebration of Disney+ is honestly sad af, and shows just how out of touch people are. We are in days worse than cable television, except that it’s on demand.
- Aloha 7y agoI want the digital equivalent of a coin slot I insert money into when I'm on the nyt's website I can insert money into to read. I think we want the same thing.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoLike Brave?
- bitlax 7y agoI do but I have no idea if this is good journalism. I've been disappointed by the New York Times before, but that's irrelevant. According to the FAQ, you're not supposed to post articles behind a paywall which doesn't have a workaround; I'm just wondering what the workaround is. I see you can create an account but I don't know if that really counts.
- rtkwe 7y agoIf you use Pocket you can add the story to your pocket list and that seems to get around it on most sites.
- silvester23 7y agoYou can clear all your cookies for nytimes.com
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThen don't implement dark patterns for account cancellation.
- throwaway35784 7y agoSo because it's worth it to you it shouldn't be pirated? As if your opinion on what laws are worthwhile to follow are somehow better than the actual law? Nothing should be pirated.
- cannonedhamster 7y agoThe law is a sham that's routinely changed in favor of those who make the most money. Just because something's legal doesn't mean it's right. The law also applies differently based on who you are and how much justice one can afford. I also think you're exaggerating. Someone saying if content is worth something to you, you should be willing to okay for it is a far cry from them labeling themselves the arbiter of copyright like you seem to have done.
- throwaway35784 7y agoThat perspective on the law is a non starter. It's just not true. Picking and choosing what is okay to infringe is by definition being an arbiter of copyright law.
- tehjoker 7y agoI already pay for state department and Pentagon talking points with my tax dollars.
- leetcrew 7y agoreader mode in Firefox usually works for me, ymmv.
- Miner49er 7y agoI disable JS on it. It works, but can break some of their more elaborate articles.
- tyingq 7y agoMake a bitly shortened url, then pass that to outline.com: https://outline.com/arZnUx https://outline.com/arZnUx Or pay for the subscription.
- bitlax 7y agoOk, this works. Thanks.
- Spooky23 7y agoPay or use a different browser.
- wmoser 7y agoAgain, not necessarily a work around, but you might check with your local library in the US. Our library gives us access to online NYT.
- frosted-flakes 7y agoAs soon as you see the text load, hit the "stop loading" button (usually takes the place of the refresh button). JavaScript doesn't load, so the paywall is never put in place. Works pretty reliably across the board, unless maybe you have lightning fast Internet. Maybe there's a plugin to selectively disable JS that would make this easier.
- calotow 7y ago"Noscript" would be the plugin of choice, FYI. You can set granular permissions for every website, which is critical to personal peace of mind in my humble opinion. You can also toggle JS in firefox from "about:config" and setting "javascript.enabled" to false/true. But Noscript is far more useful for setting site-specific permissions.
- aphextim 7y agoarchive.is Copy/paste url Doesn't work 100% of the time but usually does.
- travisoneill1 7y agoYou get a free article. Use Firefox. Click on the lock icon on the url bar and go to Clear Cookies. Now you get another free article.