Bypass Paywalls for Firefox, Chrome

LJarijari on 18/04/2019 - 22:04

This extension is available of GitHub again and allows free access to prominent news outlets, including Bloomberg, The Economist, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, New Statesman, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, The Nation, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. The add-on works best alongside uBlock Origin.

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

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Comments

  • brokenglish on 18/04/2019 - 22:25

    I havent tested it yet but youre doing gods work thank you
    not sure if you can advertise something like this in the forum though…

    • SydStrand on 18/04/2019 - 22:53
      -4

      Exactly how do you think news companies can remain profitable online? It costs a lot of money to keep full-time reporters and videographers, or to send them to Syria. And no, 'online advertising' isn't the answer, because it generates less revenue than print ads/classifieds, most of it's generated per click (lol), and plenty use adblockers. Just look at the recent Buzzfeed layoffs. Oh, and your primary reporting will probably be pinched by a news aggregator which draws away eyeballs while bearing zero cost. Yay.

      In an era of actual fake news and an increasingly polarised media, paywalls are a small price to pay for quality, independent journalism.

      • Ozbargainite on 18/04/2019 - 23:21
        +8

        Conflating journalism and Buzzfeed. LOL.

        • Diji1 on 18/04/2019 - 23:56
          +4

          There are a large number of people that still trust mainstream news still despite it being against their interests.

          You know, the kind of idiots that are cheering on Julian Assange being prosecuted while crying for jagoff stenographers like Jim Acosta and watching The Press Club Luncheon …

          • SydStrand on 19/04/2019 - 00:38
            +3

            @Diji1: I'm curious what non-mainstream news organisation passes your bar of journalistic integrity.

          • eggles01 on 19/04/2019 - 15:04

            @Diji1: you know only bigger idiots call others idiots because the idiots are gaining knowledge thus the bigger idiots realise they will become extinct sooner that they realise

        • SydStrand on 19/04/2019 - 00:36
          -2

          Buzzfeed News is a legitimate news site. They're broken huge stories like the Russia Dossier, and have headhunted reporters from the likes of the WSJ. Oh, and they have Pulitzer noms; and no, it wasn't for their 'which Game of Thrones character are you?' quiz.

          Buzzfeed is an example of how even a young company with a savvy SEO strategy is getting hammered because there's no money in digital news. Same happening at HuffPo and Vice. Go back further, and see layoffs at local newsrooms like Fairfax. Print journalism is dead, and digital isn't keeping up. There's not enough money in online advertising and people don't like paywalls. But sure, zero in on Buzzfeed.

          • mbck on 19/04/2019 - 07:20

            @SydStrand: Vice? Eww

          • EightImmortals on 19/04/2019 - 08:54

            @SydStrand: Ahem https://youtu.be/B64XVAiK-9U

            Don't worry about the subject matter if it's not your thing, but do notice how Buzzfeed lied about the facts OR are totally useless at journalism. If it IS a legitimate news site then it is only because it's simply an updated version of the usual propaganda we are used to from the corporate media. :)

      • Topdog on 19/04/2019 - 01:13

        Everything is fake News. There is no quality journalism anymore. My fish could do a better job

        • RockyRaccoon on 19/04/2019 - 04:10
          +2

          Everything?

          Like your post?

          🙃

  • jelko on 18/04/2019 - 23:00

    Thanks

  • Quantumcat on 18/04/2019 - 23:18
    +1

    There's also outline.com

    • Clear on 18/04/2019 - 23:35
      +1

      Unfortunately a few websites in OP's list don't work with Outline :( Would be much easier than sideloading an extension.

    • burningrage on 19/04/2019 - 09:22

      I used outline last week and it still worked on The Australian and AFR.

      However, I also knew at one time it didn't work as if they clamped it but now that many people are using another way, this method suddenly works again.

  • Clear on 18/04/2019 - 23:36
    -1

    I had an extension long ago that was similar to this called 'Anti-Paywall'. It's good to see this one being updated and covering a lot more local Aussies sites. Real shame Google would never let these in the app store though.

  • mshanann on 19/04/2019 - 10:23

    Can you add BrisbaneTimes?

    • Ozbargainite on 19/04/2019 - 11:31
      +1

      Incognito mode is all you need to view Fairfax papers such as the Age, BT & SMH.

  • Turbonetics on 25/04/2019 - 10:17

    Anyone got any tips for this to work? I have loaded the extension, enabled it on all sites however when I go to a site it still says to login or sign up.

    Any ideas?

    • Jarijari on 30/04/2019 - 01:03

      The add-on works best alongside uBlock Origin.

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