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There's also this excellent browser extension: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

Despite the name, it also works for Firefox.

Or, if you don't want to install sketchy plugins in your browser, as soon as the page loads in a new tab, switch to it and press ctrl+p, you'll can create a PDF and read the page without the block or the ads.

TIL

wow - takes some dexterity. I thought it didn't work because I was refreshing the page and hitting ctrl + p. But it really is you have to wait for it to load and switch to that tab and do ctrl + p. Cool trick!

Code is open source, you can decide if it's sketchy or not.

It's not BTW, its been around for a bit

Seems like it is infested with Google trackers at the very least.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31853131

A little self-promotion: for sites that limit the number of articles you can read, I recommend the Firefox add-on ("Open Page in Private Window") I developed that will open the current page in a new private/incognito tab.

The use case: you load a news article, hit a "you've used up all your free articles this month" overlay, so you click the "Open Page in Private Window" toolbar button to view the article in a private tab.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-page-in-...

Temp containers are perfect for this:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...

But really, you want:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywal...

Thanks! I'll try them out.

Personally I prefer https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea...

It's more updated, and it removes Google Analytics and other shady stuff from the original extension.

Is there a Chrome version of this?

Yes. Sadly you have to install it via dev mode, and chrome seems to deactivate the extension whenever there is an update (as it needs more permissions for more sites), and I haven't found a way around it yet.

https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean

Hint: you can use it in Firefox Nightly on Android by defining your own extension collection:

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio...

Try using ungoogled-chromium or Vivaldi. Both allow any crx extension. The only hassle for the former is having to download every new browser update manually.

I use Vivaldi, actually. It does update the extension, but disables it as described, when new sites are added.

I've also had good experience with Behind The Overlay

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/behind-the-overlay...

I can confirm this. I love this extension and am using Firefox.

I'll raise everyone that and mention that my favorite built-in feature for avoid it:

ctrl+shift+p (firefox) or ctrl+shift+n (chrome/edge)

ctrl+c link

ctrl+v in private window

hax

You can also create a bunch of containers in firefox labelled 'Paywall Bypass 1, Paywall Bypass 2" etc

The article link still does not work for me in a private window in FF. But what is "hax" ? Whatever that means, that's the only thing I'm not doing.

I dunno I don't read a lot of the NYT, always seems to rub me the wrong way, but it works to bypass paywalls on most other sites. The container tab trick should work if their paywall bypass mitigations are stronger than the private window trick

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