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Bypass Paywalls for Firefox works for me, not sure why it's not in the official Mozilla addon repository though, you may want to inspect the code before using i

by ce4 7y ago

Bypass Paywalls for Firefox works for me, not sure why it's not in the official Mozilla addon repository though, you may want to inspect the code before using it: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox/blob/m... Edit: reading the code is interesting on it's own, to see what each of the sites need to work (set user agent to Googlebot, referer to coming from facebook, etc.)

iudqnolq 7y ago
It used to be, and was removed in a big purge of add-ons that help you infringe copyright. Thankfully, Mozilla's open model means anyone can still install it, their security model means the extension can only access a fixed list of sites it bypassess paywals on, and Mozilla's security UI communicates effectively when you click install on Github that this extension hasn't been reviewed but is limited in what it can do.
- ce4 7y ago
  Thanks for the Information, apparently it was discussed a year ago already, had missed that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18567578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18567578
  - iudqnolq 7y ago
    Me too :) In that thread they talk not being able to install unsigned extensions in stock latest Firefox. That hasn't been the case for me. It might be because I'm on Linux, but I'm pretty sure that policy changed. Overall, I have a lot of sympathy for Mozilla deciding not to spend their resources defending defeating paywalls.