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My guess: stolen usernames/passwords. Or actual paid subs.

• Bender 3y ago
  Does that mean they would have to rewrite each site to remove the username specific links and content out of the mirror to keep the origin sites from banning their accounts?
  • puttycat 3y ago
    My thoughts exactly. That would require a lot of HTML parsing, plus the risk that any website might watermark the page.
    • tpmx 3y ago
      > That would require a lot of HTML parsing So, clearly undoable then. Drats.
• ipaddr 3y ago
  Identify as google-bot
  • simpli 3y ago
    Identifying as Googlebot no longer gives access to most paywalled news.