Paywall X-ray Chrome Plugin

If they are sending the full article HTML to your browser, allowing it to fully display for several seconds, before covering it up with a paywall div/iframes, it should be fair use for you to view what you've already downloaded to your computer.

The plugin simply acts like as a sieve on the client-side to filter the covered-up HTML to the front.

You can already circumvent paywalls by using text-based browsers like Lynx.

That's like if a magazine company sends you a copy of their magazine in the mail. You already got it in the mailbox. And they put on the cover of the magazine: "If you don't agree to subscribing, don't read this and throw it in the trash, or mail it back to us."

Many ISPs have recently started charging for bandwidth usage. I have to pay for the data that I consume. They are forcing me to pay unwillingly for data usage by click-baiting me into wanting to view the article, then displaying the full article for several seconds, then covering it up with HTML divs.

The companies have the technological capabilities based on browser cookie info to send me a redacted version of their site. They should just do that.