Bypass Paywalls

[RandBlade]

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

I just found out about this extension for Firefox last week called Bypass Paywall - it works incredibly well. Since installing it every site I have looked at that is normally paywalled just loads the article normally. Many sites had tricks that you could use to bypass thae paywall already, like loading in Incognito Mode etc, but this is even working on sites like The Times and some US sites for which I knew of no bypass method. Everything just seems to load instantly, if someone sends a link to an article then clicking it simply loads the article, no faffing about.

Thought some here might be interested.

[Steely Glint]

why do you hate capitalism

[Being]

Encouraging breaking and entering. I always said Google is evil.

[RandBlade]

Its not breaking and entering, its a compilation of backdoors that the publishers have themselves put in. If the publishers didn't want the backdoors there, they can remove them.

The FT is the first site I've been to where it didn't work. It seems the FT have closed their backdoor now.

[Steely Glint]

Traditionally, a 'backdoor' is sometimes used when breaking and entering.

I mean, don't get me wrong I bypass paywalls all the time but... lol.