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I didn't realize this was a thing! Also, the article notes the extension makes its actual ruleset available, so if you use e.g. uBlock Origin, you can add this as a rules list: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filter...

Nice!

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I'm pretty sure that's not a complete set of bypasses. I know for a fact that some bypasses require setting the referrer value (eg. so it's from google/facebook) or setting a specific cookie value. There's no way those can be done from a ublock filter list.

I used this extension for several years but I also didn't know you can use a filter rule for this. I'd like to know what makes Mozilla know what is good for me though.

Note that readme in that repo says it isn't quite as good and you may want to use it alongside a user script.

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

Talk about the Streissand effect!

Yes for all of the people that both use Firefox and read HN…

I'd make the educated guess that HN contains disproportionally many Firefox users, so the overlap is not quite as small as you (implicitly) suggest. OTOH, any HN discussion will have a paywall-avoiding link posted nearly instantly anyway.

And that’s still a tiny number in the grand scheme of things.

I mean, I think it's a narrower demographic that browse the Firefox extension shop looking for obscure extensions for fun, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's a net increase.

Yeah, this feels like such a Streisand Effect inducer. Vivaldi browser supports these rulesets directly, without any extensions, and for Android users, you can use the AdGuard Content Blocker add on for Samsung Internet Browser to add this as a user rule. I'll be using it everywhere now that I know about it.

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