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In general, you can simply Google the title of an article and following the link in Google search results will circumvent the paywall. Google demotes links in
by jkimmel 11y ago
In general, you can simply Google the title of an article and following the link in Google search results will circumvent the paywall.
Google demotes links in their search results if they don't allow "first click" access to the content.
Further discussion in this thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9531941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9531941
- cactusface 11y agoYeah, I tried that for this article and it didn't work. I thought there might be some other way. Thanks though.
- lambdaelite 11y agoWere you using encrypted Google, or via !g on DDG? The trick only works through the non-encrypted one.
- cactusface 11y agoOh yeah, I had HTTPS-Everywhere on. Thanks a lot!
- lambdaelite 11y agoHappy to help! I myself just learned about that nuance the other day.