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kdemy

Article is behind paywall, is there alternative link?

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https://archive.vn/oLIJl

It seems they activate the paywall after a post gets traction. Because there was none before.

Easy bypass is to run it through a url shortener, and then outline.com.

Works for NYT as well, and most others.

NYT can be bypassed using Reader View, but the WSJ seems to be able to disable it.

Sometimes. I find it can be hit and miss. Depending on how many articles ive read....er loaded.

Outline trick works for a lot. Even sites like financial times etc

Thanks, I tried this with tinyurl.com, and it worked!

The NYT paywall (and many others) can also be bypassed by blocking cookies and/or JavaScript using a browser extension such as uMatrix. (That doesn't work for WSJ, however.)

I knew that they were scummy but this is quite extreme.

Thankfully it is easy to bypass with archive.org (or archive.is)

https://outline.com/3kdJyy

That seems to be missing content. :(

What content is it missing.

It has the entire article text and hyperlinks that I can tell.

???

Let's start with the very first paragraph from the original:

  President Trump said last month that talks for a phase 2
  trade agreement with China were on the back burner. If
  they ...

Let's look at the very first paragraph from the "Outline" version:

  I would bring experience, design, engineering and related
  technologies developed over my 40-year career in the
  automotive industry building race cars and ...

Those are clearly different, which means the Outline one is missing content and not fit for purpose.

I didn't bother checking for further differences. There may or may not be any, none of which really matters given the Outline one is incomplete.

Outline tends to attempt to cut out the first portion summary text.

It could be a formatting issue with bitly. Tinyurl may work better in some instances.

Ultimately it does the job tasked, to get you the text locked inside the paywall.

Clearly it's not capturing the entire article text. :(

Personally, I consider that to be a fundamental flaw. eg "Not fit for purpose.

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