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> deepened our understanding of reaching audiences that might otherwise be blocked from accessing our journalism > Users who wish to continue reading Times jour

> deepened our understanding of reaching audiences that might otherwise be blocked from accessing our journalism > Users who wish to continue reading Times journalism where their access to the main website may be blocked can do so through WhatsApp or Telegram. https://archive.is/ https://archive.is/ is still the de-facto way to read NYT articles...

duskwuff 2y ago
The fact that reading the NYT requires a paid subscription takes away a lot of the value of a Tor service. (Can you even buy a subscription over Tor? I doubt it; it'd be a fraud risk.)
- Scoundreller 2y ago
  For a while, there was no paywall on NYT over Tor
- basedrum 2y ago
  Of course you can
pogue 2y ago
Is there an Onion archive.today?
- Scoundreller 2y ago
  Yes, the tor browser will auto-advise you that a .onion link is available.
- bolognafairy 2y ago
  I would at the very least be hesitant to provide such a service, and I’ve gotta imagine that I’m far from alone :)
  - nextts 2y ago
    Why? It is the archivey bit that gets you in trouble, not the oniony bit.
    - oniony 2y ago
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1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago
"https://archive.is https://archive.is is still the de-facto way to read NYT articles..." It's popular on HN for sure, but archive.is only works where the NYT article is archived Lighter weight, open source, local solutions like Bypass Paywalls Clean work on any NYT article regardless of whether archived archive.is may be blocked for some internet subscribers in some countries archive.is webpages are quite large and contain telemetry For example, </script></div></div><img style="position:absolute" width="1" height="1" src="https://[USER-IP-ADDRESS].us.TBT3.379913754.pixel.archive.is/x.gif"><script type="text/javascript">
- agubelu 2y ago
  The fact that Bypass Paywalls Clean works for so many websites is kinda baffling to me. Are there any reasons why they choose to implement paywalls in front-end only, or is it just technical incompetence?
  - przemub 2y ago
    One that comes to mind is SEO - they want their articles to show up in search engines and social media.
  - ZeroTalent 2y ago
    The people who bypass the paywall wouldn't pay anyway. It's just a marketing tactic. This + SEO.
- dmantis 2y ago
  I've never understood why their free bypass extension doesn't release it's sources on public platform. Their git pages just refer to bundled extensions. You can get the sources from the extension, but I doubt that anybody audits them and kind of afraid to install it in my browser with access to all tabs. Could work for a dedicated browser only for paywalls bypass though.

duskwuff 2y ago

The fact that reading the NYT requires a paid subscription takes away a lot of the value of a Tor service. (Can you even buy a subscription over Tor? I doubt it; it'd be a fraud risk.)

Scoundreller 2y ago
For a while, there was no paywall on NYT over Tor
basedrum 2y ago
Of course you can

pogue 2y ago

Is there an Onion archive.today?

Scoundreller 2y ago
Yes, the tor browser will auto-advise you that a .onion link is available.
bolognafairy 2y ago
I would at the very least be hesitant to provide such a service, and I’ve gotta imagine that I’m far from alone :)
- nextts 2y ago
  Why? It is the archivey bit that gets you in trouble, not the oniony bit.
  - oniony 2y ago
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1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago

"https://archive.is https://archive.is is still the de-facto way to read NYT articles..." It's popular on HN for sure, but archive.is only works where the NYT article is archived Lighter weight, open source, local solutions like Bypass Paywalls Clean work on any NYT article regardless of whether archived archive.is may be blocked for some internet subscribers in some countries archive.is webpages are quite large and contain telemetry For example, </script></div></div><img style="position:absolute" width="1" height="1" src="https://[USER-IP-ADDRESS].us.TBT3.379913754.pixel.archive.is/x.gif"><script type="text/javascript">

agubelu 2y ago
The fact that Bypass Paywalls Clean works for so many websites is kinda baffling to me. Are there any reasons why they choose to implement paywalls in front-end only, or is it just technical incompetence?
- przemub 2y ago
  One that comes to mind is SEO - they want their articles to show up in search engines and social media.
- ZeroTalent 2y ago
  The people who bypass the paywall wouldn't pay anyway. It's just a marketing tactic. This + SEO.
dmantis 2y ago
I've never understood why their free bypass extension doesn't release it's sources on public platform. Their git pages just refer to bundled extensions. You can get the sources from the extension, but I doubt that anybody audits them and kind of afraid to install it in my browser with access to all tabs. Could work for a dedicated browser only for paywalls bypass though.