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Comment by hn_throwaway_99 | Hacker News Reader

Are there any non-paywalled options available? Web link no longer works for WSJ.

Pass the URL to outline.com for the full article without ads. Result: https://outline.com/BS9jX2

I just tried that for a different WSJ article and it did indeed work. How is that site getting access to these articles that require registration?

making the same request with headers that match a signed in account?

I've found that searching for the article's title on Twitter works well;

Then just click through via one of the links that shows up.

Just use the magic WSJ paywall skipping bookmarklet...

  javascript:window.location.href='https://m.facebook.com/l.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);

Well that's nifty. Kind of a shame that referrer matters to them.

That's pro! You should make a chrome plugin out of it.

ty!

Use the Bypass Paywalls add-on.

Chromium-based browsers: http://bypasspaywalls.weebly.com/ Used to be on the store but Google took it down.