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slightly unrelated, I used to open nytimes.com articles with a new private browswer session to avoid paywall, but this no longer works. any other ways to avoid

slightly unrelated, I used to open nytimes.com articles with a new private browswer session to avoid paywall, but this no longer works. any other ways to avoid registering/paywall to read their articles?

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yellow_lead 5y ago
I use Firefox and time the refresh / hitting the "outline mode" button before the paywall appears.
ForHackernews 5y ago
Have you considered just paying? People on this site often complain about freeloaders wanting software or support without offering anything in return, yet they also prefer to bypass paywalls on content.
- blakesterz 5y ago
  I have seriously considered paying for the NY Times and that's the only site I've considered. I still haven't seen any reason to pay, yet. Seems like I can always find something somewhere else to read, and nothing that's exclusive to The Times has really drawn me in that much, at least not yet. I am aware of the freeloaders thing, and I end up feeling like one sometimes.
- kelnos 5y ago
  The problem that I face is that I don't get $20/mo of value out of any one publication (ok, I guess NYT is $17 per 4 weeks, which is a bizarre billing cycle). I certainly get (more than) $20/mo of value out of "online news" as a whole, but it's spread out, and any given site would probably only get a few dollars a month (and many sub-$1) if allocated what I'd consider fairly. But pretty much no news website will let me subscribe for that little, or will give me a cheap plan that limits me to, say, 10 or 12 articles per month (which would still be overkill for many of the paid sites I'll occasionally click through to). If I were to subscribe to every site where I've bypassed a paywall even once in the last few months (of have just given up without reading), I'd easily be spending over $300 per month. I don't feel like my consumption warrants that price.
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    Newspapers have, to the best of my knowledge, always billed in week increments. I agree it's a bit strange, but I believe it's driven by a need to sell ads by the week and esp. on Sunday.
- sharps1 5y ago
  Signing up for the NY Times is easy and can be done via the internet. Cancelling requires calling a number and waiting and speaking to an agent.
- lostdog 5y ago
  Has the NYTimes fixed its cancellation process yet?
goldenchrome 5y ago
This still works for me: open an incognito window, then google the article title and click on the article from there.
abra0 5y ago
https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/technology/sundar-pichai-google.html https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/techno...
tester756 5y ago
stop page loading in the right moment
waych 5y ago
Works great when you disable javascript on the domain.

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yellow_lead 5y ago

I use Firefox and time the refresh / hitting the "outline mode" button before the paywall appears.

ForHackernews 5y ago

Have you considered just paying? People on this site often complain about freeloaders wanting software or support without offering anything in return, yet they also prefer to bypass paywalls on content.

blakesterz 5y ago
I have seriously considered paying for the NY Times and that's the only site I've considered. I still haven't seen any reason to pay, yet. Seems like I can always find something somewhere else to read, and nothing that's exclusive to The Times has really drawn me in that much, at least not yet. I am aware of the freeloaders thing, and I end up feeling like one sometimes.
kelnos 5y ago
The problem that I face is that I don't get $20/mo of value out of any one publication (ok, I guess NYT is $17 per 4 weeks, which is a bizarre billing cycle). I certainly get (more than) $20/mo of value out of "online news" as a whole, but it's spread out, and any given site would probably only get a few dollars a month (and many sub-$1) if allocated what I'd consider fairly. But pretty much no news website will let me subscribe for that little, or will give me a cheap plan that limits me to, say, 10 or 12 articles per month (which would still be overkill for many of the paid sites I'll occasionally click through to). If I were to subscribe to every site where I've bypassed a paywall even once in the last few months (of have just given up without reading), I'd easily be spending over $300 per month. I don't feel like my consumption warrants that price.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  Newspapers have, to the best of my knowledge, always billed in week increments. I agree it's a bit strange, but I believe it's driven by a need to sell ads by the week and esp. on Sunday.
sharps1 5y ago
Signing up for the NY Times is easy and can be done via the internet. Cancelling requires calling a number and waiting and speaking to an agent.
lostdog 5y ago
Has the NYTimes fixed its cancellation process yet?

goldenchrome 5y ago

This still works for me: open an incognito window, then google the article title and click on the article from there.

abra0 5y ago

https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/technology/sundar-pichai-google.html https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/techno...

tester756 5y ago

stop page loading in the right moment

waych 5y ago

Works great when you disable javascript on the domain.