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Mankhool

Paywall . . .

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Archived copy:

http://archive.is/Fb1D4

Thank you.

I forget where I got it from, but I have this JS snippet saved as a bookmark--it gets around the WSJ paywall by 'redirecting' from Facebook.

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

s,com,&/amp,

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wework-a-20-billion-startup...

Then view in "Reader" mode. Most of the major browsers have it.

Alternatively, extract the text from the page and leave the Javascript behind. The Javascript is not needed to read the text.

all of your links are walling again, AND deactivating reader mode in my browser.

Retrieve the page with a small http client instead of a large browser. e.g., wget, curl, fetch, etc. Save it.

   wget -o savedpage.htm https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/wework-a-20-billion-startup-fueled-by-silicon-valley-pixie-dust-1508424483

Delete the Javascript.

   sed -i '/<p>/,/<\/p>/!d' savedpage.htm

Open savedpage.htm in a browser.

Loving your sed skills!

Can access via social media (just do a search on twitter for the article) or via the Read Across The Aisle app/Chrome extension, which is free and includes a free pass to the WSJ (disclosure: I am the founder).

I did that and am trying to access via Twitter but just hit the same paywall.

Could be a browser cache thing. Try accessing from Twitter in incognito.

Put article title into Facebook search. Facebook and the WSJ apparently have a deal on the paywall.

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