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Fyi... the above workaround with Google/Facebook acting as referrer/redirect for the url hasn't worked in years. And especially if the browser has already visi
by jasode 7y ago
Fyi... the above workaround with Google/Facebook acting as referrer/redirect for the url hasn't worked in years. And especially if the browser has already visited WSJ a few times and hasn't been restarted with a fresh session. Notice in the following video that browser status bar says "Incognito" and yet the Facebook redirect still doesn't work:
https://imgur.com/a/LKHW9OB https://imgur.com/a/LKHW9OB
The "?mod=rsswn" also doesn't work anymore. Disabling javascript doesn't work either. Popular sites like NYTimes and WSJ do more sophisticated things than just checking cookies. My memory fails but I think the last time I looked at this, the sites sniffed HTML5 local storage or something not obvious.
[I didn't downvote your comment.]
- tomrod 7y agoThis adtech arms race is ridiculous. The link shouldn't even resolve if they require paying customers, unless signed in.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoHuh. It worked for me just now, with this very article. The one catch is I need to go into private mode.