Do you folks have any tips on how to get around magazine and newspaper paywalls? It seems like the old tricks are becoming less reliable and it’s frustrating - especially given paywalls seem to be becoming more stringent at the same time.
Check 12ft.io
I tried it on two sites - New York Times and Financial Times. NYT gives the error message “12ft has been disabled for this site” and FT doesn’t remove the paywall. Nice idea, shame about the execution. :)
I had the same issue with NYT, but I managed to get in using archive.is! :)
My method that works on most sites is hit the reader mode button in Firefox, then refresh while in reader mode.
Have you tried the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension? There’s a version for Chrome and Firefox. It works for many sites but not everything. I think Firefox removed it from their add-ons repository but you can install it manually. There’s a good article on that decision here and also a method to use uBlock Origin for this purpose.
Wait. I have “Bypass Paywalls”. Are they the same thing or is one better than the other?
I don’t think so, my version has the full name: “Bypass Paywalls Clean”
Oh ok, will check that out. Thanks!
