I think it's cookie based. If you can insert the' welcome cookie' using a cookie editor , that may work. I don't seethe welcome screen when I visit Forbes on my main browser. But I see it on a new window with cookies cleared.

No I don't, but related:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10870892

I use archive.is:

https://archive.is/OjH4d

Using uBlock Origin and Ghostery here. I had no problem getting to the story.