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Paywall. I would love a feature to omit all paywall sites. Like what kagi has!

by neverdot 3y ago

codetrotter 3y ago
Use the link someone else posted. https://archive.ph/OwcRL https://archive.ph/OwcRL
- CodeWriter23 3y ago
  captcha loop
  - Eduard 3y ago
    are you using an adblocker or ad-filtering VPN such as Blokada or Pi-hole? Then temporarily turn them off, solve the captcha one more time. Then it should successfully progress to archive.ph/.to memento.
  - ChoGGi 3y ago
    The archive gents don't like CloudFlare DNS (or something along those lines).
esdott 3y ago
Sometimes, if Im quick enough, pressing the reader view on my phone shows the whole article. It doesn’t work on every site just some that are lazy and just throw a divider up on the screen without hiding the actual content. That worked for me here. Otherwise, I just use the archive links HN users post.
- oh_sigh 3y ago
  Disabling javascript generally works too. I actually browse default js disabled, and if it seems like a site isn't working, I enable JavaScript for that domain.
- mywacaday 3y ago
  Somebody posted this in HN, if use save it as the URL of a bookmark and run it on a page with a divider on screen it will delete it often enough that I keep on my bookmarks bar. javascript:(function()%7Bdocument.querySelectorAll(%22body%20%22).forEach(function(node)%7Bif(%5B%22fixed%22%2C%22sticky%22%5D.includes(getComputedStyle(node).position))%7Bnode.parentNode.removeChild(node)%7D%7D)%3Bdocument.querySelectorAll(%22html%20%22).forEach(function(node)%7Bvar%20s%3DgetComputedStyle(node)%3Bif(%22hidden%22%3D%3D%3Ds%5B%22overflow%22%5D)%7Bnode.style%5B%22overflow%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%7Dif(%22hidden%22%3D%3D%3Ds%5B%22overflow-x%22%5D)%7Bnode.style%5B%22overflow-x%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%7Dif(%22hidden%22%3D%3D%3Ds%5B%22overflow-y%22%5D)%7Bnode.style%5B%22overflow-y%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%7D%7D)%3Bvar%20htmlNode%3Ddocument.querySelector(%22html%22)%3BhtmlNode.style%5B%22overflow%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%3BhtmlNode.style%5B%22overflow-x%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%3BhtmlNode.style%5B%22overflow-y%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%7D)()%3B%0A
  - stuckkeys 3y ago
    Gonna try it out.
- bryant 3y ago
  You're overstressing. Open the page. Let the article load. Enter reader mode. Doesn't matter if you weren't fast enough. Once in reader mode, if it rendered the paywall in reader mode, just refresh. --- This at least works on Firefox — reader mode persists through the page refresh. Can't speak for chromium
  - esdott 3y ago
    Yeah I hear you. I’m pretty sure though I’ve come across sites that on a timed refresh have truncated the article. So the whole article was there until some process ran to check sign in status. Maybe that doesn’t happen anymore. I haven’t really noticed.
    - eganist 3y ago
      A timed cut won't matter when you refresh with reader mode enabled before the refresh. None of that logic can execute in reader mode. That's why it works.
CamperBob2 3y ago
The F9/F5 two-step is why I still use Firefox on desktop. Does anything like that work on iOS?
- ben_w 3y ago
  F5 is enough of a meme that I know it despite being a mac user; what does F9 do in this context?
  - kyleee 3y ago
    Must toggle reader mode
  - tuatoru 3y ago
    hmm, I don't know either. F3 .. F7 and F10 are listed in [1], but not F8 and F9, from a quick skim. Toggling reader mode is Ctrl + Alt + R apparently. Edit: works for me. 1. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perf...
  - CamperBob2 3y ago
    F9 toggles reader mode. Frequently the paywalled content disappears as soon as you hit F9, but will reappear if you hit F5 while reader mode is in effect.
cronix 3y ago
Wouldn't it be trivial for HN to automatically create an alternative archive link?
- ben_w 3y ago
  Google got into trouble for copyright reasons for quoting too much of news stories in search results, so I assume this will cause HN (and the sites doing the paywall removal) some expensive trouble as soon as anyone with relevant power notices.
mellosouls 3y ago
It's particularly annoying that normally the OP leaves it to somebody else to fix their bug...
stuckkeys 3y ago
There is an extension that I use that helps with those. It is inconsistent but it does give you cached links at the top when available. Bypass Paywalls on gitlab. Open-source.

Paywall. I would love a feature to omit all paywall sites. Like what kagi has!

codetrotter 3y ago

Use the link someone else posted. https://archive.ph/OwcRL https://archive.ph/OwcRL

CodeWriter23 3y ago
captcha loop
- Eduard 3y ago
  are you using an adblocker or ad-filtering VPN such as Blokada or Pi-hole? Then temporarily turn them off, solve the captcha one more time. Then it should successfully progress to archive.ph/.to memento.
- ChoGGi 3y ago
  The archive gents don't like CloudFlare DNS (or something along those lines).

esdott 3y ago

Sometimes, if Im quick enough, pressing the reader view on my phone shows the whole article. It doesn’t work on every site just some that are lazy and just throw a divider up on the screen without hiding the actual content. That worked for me here. Otherwise, I just use the archive links HN users post.

oh_sigh 3y ago
Disabling javascript generally works too. I actually browse default js disabled, and if it seems like a site isn't working, I enable JavaScript for that domain.
mywacaday 3y ago
Somebody posted this in HN, if use save it as the URL of a bookmark and run it on a page with a divider on screen it will delete it often enough that I keep on my bookmarks bar. javascript:(function()%7Bdocument.querySelectorAll(%22body%20%22).forEach(function(node)%7Bif(%5B%22fixed%22%2C%22sticky%22%5D.includes(getComputedStyle(node).position))%7Bnode.parentNode.removeChild(node)%7D%7D)%3Bdocument.querySelectorAll(%22html%20%22).forEach(function(node)%7Bvar%20s%3DgetComputedStyle(node)%3Bif(%22hidden%22%3D%3D%3Ds%5B%22overflow%22%5D)%7Bnode.style%5B%22overflow%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%7Dif(%22hidden%22%3D%3D%3Ds%5B%22overflow-x%22%5D)%7Bnode.style%5B%22overflow-x%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%7Dif(%22hidden%22%3D%3D%3Ds%5B%22overflow-y%22%5D)%7Bnode.style%5B%22overflow-y%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%7D%7D)%3Bvar%20htmlNode%3Ddocument.querySelector(%22html%22)%3BhtmlNode.style%5B%22overflow%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%3BhtmlNode.style%5B%22overflow-x%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%3BhtmlNode.style%5B%22overflow-y%22%5D%3D%22visible%22%7D)()%3B%0A
- stuckkeys 3y ago
  Gonna try it out.
bryant 3y ago
You're overstressing. Open the page. Let the article load. Enter reader mode. Doesn't matter if you weren't fast enough. Once in reader mode, if it rendered the paywall in reader mode, just refresh. --- This at least works on Firefox — reader mode persists through the page refresh. Can't speak for chromium
- esdott 3y ago
  Yeah I hear you. I’m pretty sure though I’ve come across sites that on a timed refresh have truncated the article. So the whole article was there until some process ran to check sign in status. Maybe that doesn’t happen anymore. I haven’t really noticed.
  - eganist 3y ago
    A timed cut won't matter when you refresh with reader mode enabled before the refresh. None of that logic can execute in reader mode. That's why it works.

CamperBob2 3y ago

The F9/F5 two-step is why I still use Firefox on desktop. Does anything like that work on iOS?

ben_w 3y ago
F5 is enough of a meme that I know it despite being a mac user; what does F9 do in this context?
- kyleee 3y ago
  Must toggle reader mode
- tuatoru 3y ago
  hmm, I don't know either. F3 .. F7 and F10 are listed in [1], but not F8 and F9, from a quick skim. Toggling reader mode is Ctrl + Alt + R apparently. Edit: works for me. 1. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perf...
- CamperBob2 3y ago
  F9 toggles reader mode. Frequently the paywalled content disappears as soon as you hit F9, but will reappear if you hit F5 while reader mode is in effect.

cronix 3y ago

Wouldn't it be trivial for HN to automatically create an alternative archive link?

ben_w 3y ago
Google got into trouble for copyright reasons for quoting too much of news stories in search results, so I assume this will cause HN (and the sites doing the paywall removal) some expensive trouble as soon as anyone with relevant power notices.

mellosouls 3y ago

It's particularly annoying that normally the OP leaves it to somebody else to fix their bug...

stuckkeys 3y ago

There is an extension that I use that helps with those. It is inconsistent but it does give you cached links at the top when available. Bypass Paywalls on gitlab. Open-source.