Wondering if anyone knows how to bypass the paywall on The Daily Telegraph etc. I want to read an article in my local newspaper but don't want to give them a cent. If anyone knows any of those sites that bypass the paywall that actually work, it would be greatly appreciated.
Bypassing The Murdoch Paywall
FreeAFBoi on 28/06/2022 - 11:29
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I tried but the website spits out a no cookies error
It stopped working months ago.
https://archive.ph seems to work on more sites. also goes by archive.is and archive.today
oh and this might also not even generate incognito traffic, so with any luck they won't even get a morsel of traffic data or ad revenue
right click open in private tab
Thank goodness for their paywall. Since most people don't pay it protects the public from the garbage that they publish.
I don't usually read their crap, I just want to see one article from my local paper and can't justify paying $28
Yeah, local suburban news is the same reason I ever consider trying to bypass their paywall.
Probably not worth it because they often do unethical baiting to trick readers into fluff/poorly done articles.
they have $1 a week deals for 12 weeks, that too much for you lol
Maybe try your local fish and chip shop…
I agree, if the telegraph didn't have a pay wall, their click bait headlines might have me accidently read the junk
ditto for kogan.com. it always tells me i've been blocked whenever i visit the site :)
Put browser into private/incognito mode and then try copying and pasting in the link. Sometimes that works but not always.
you guys read the news?
You guys read?
You guys?
You?
What article?
This extension in Firefox is what you seek
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywal…Thank you, just installed into chrome and works a treat!!!
The chrome one doesn't work on The Australian, any tips as to what I might be doing wrong there?
Any reccomendations for a chrome extension?
You can get the same extension for Chrome, but I found it "breaks" often.
Firefox is far better than Chrome these days anyways.
Firefox is far better than Chrome these days anyways. <— blasphemy
@silenthillrocks: Firefox isn't Google, so it's probably a better idea to use it, all other things being equal.
@bamzero: can edit in about:config - and other tweaks https://chrisx.xyz/blog/yet-another-firefox-hardening-guide/ (eg disabling Pocket and so on).
Personally I like firefox more because of the faster security updates etc.Making these changes disables Firefox telemetry:
- Change browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry to false
- Change browser.ping-centre.telemetry to false
- Change browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport to false
- Change devtools.onboarding.telemetry.logged to false
- Change toolkit.telemetry.enabled to false
- Delete the URL for toolkit.telemetry.server, and leave it empty
- Change toolkit.telemetry.unified to false
@bamzero: I switched from waterfox to libre wolf, from memory Waterfox sold out to pay per click company or something like that.
https://privacytests.org/@drmarshall: librewolf is a pre-hardened FF
if you spend the time hardening FF it's the best option as it is maintained better than wolf (faster security updates, etc)Librewolf is the best if you cbf hardening your FF
Firefox is my go to since netscape. Shows my age a bit haha. I love it for the tree style tabs.
Thanks, but cant see "bypass paywalls clean" on the chrome web store?? :( Am I an idiot?
@txb: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/12330841/redir
the instructions on how to add the extension are on the site I linked
You are a good fella 👍 thank you
Wow, thanks for this, now I can read the Financial Review. Sadly beyond my budget now I am retired.
Do you know any that can access https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ ? I just tried with this extension and I can't get beyond the paragraphs where it stops to ask for payment.
That website is included in this extension - I tested it just now and confirm it's currently not working. The website probably put through an update to break the extension - wait a few days and they'll update the extension to work again. This happens from time to time.
FYI looks like the extension sorta works now. On each article you should most of it, but if it is a long article some parts will be cut out.
Find the red text "BPC > Full article text: | archive.today | archive.is" - click the archive.today and you should see the entire article.thank you!!
I've been using this one for quite a while. It's fantastic. I also use it on Android using Firefox Nightly.
great tip thanks mate
Wonderful extension, works a treat in FF and viewed a single article in the Courier Mail local Bundaberg News Mail section about development and Turtles in the area of Mon Repos Beach. Thanks for the post.
You're very welcome. Cautiously and skeptically consume Murdoch media when required, but never ever ever pay for it :)
Ooof, a random neg from a random unknown Murdoch drone. I'm so hurt.
toggle javascript off, lets you read afr etc
Works for SMH and AFR. Not on Dailytelegraph.
Great tip
Depending on how the paywall works you can use a web page screen capture add on in Chrome called GoFullPage. One newspaper flashes the story for a few second then puts the paywall up, if I time it right and click the icon for GoFullPage I can capture a screen shot of the entire page and read the article.
You can do that, and the refresh stop trick, for TheAge, SMH ie. Nine owned propaganda, but it's annoying as hell and easier to just use the linked extension above.
The refresh stop trick doesn't always work for some. My local paper has one of the best paywalls I've ever seen.
If you are in Australia check ur closest Library. Most of these will be available with them for free. App is Libby. Cheers
If you go to your library, or already have a login for your library you can use newsbank to read all these papers. It's slow and clumsy but it's pretty good once you're used to it. I keep a document with shortcuts for my fav publications and click on the links there to read any local paper. We have 3 'local' papers I like to read and only read an article or two each week, and no way am I paying $50/month for each!! Here is the link for the daily Telegraph, but it's through the Tasmania state library hence need a tassie login. Can also do this via the national library and logins can all be done online, just takes an effort to set you up. Try thr link anywaus to get you started.
https://infoweb-newsbank-com.instance1.ezproxy.education.tas…
Bypassing the Murdoch paywall just puts you at a Murdoch website. Would not recommend…
Agreed, but there are lots of local interestarticles, sports articles and events/arts articles that fall under their umbrella that are worthwhile reading from time to time.
Search for the headline
Use google news and change settings to not show paywalled sites
Make a shortcut to reputable news sites like BBC or ABC Australia … or if your into BS opinion (non truth sites) make a shortcut to those.
https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea…
just sayin'
edit : oops! too late - see above
And here we are in 2023 just wondering if this still works? I have added it to Chrome but I cant enable due to the message
"This extension is not listed in the Chrome Web Store and may have been added without your knowledge."Away to enable it? Developer mode turned on now and when added the extension.
Or in FF for that matter
I'm using archive.md and it has been great.
Thanks will give that a try instead
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ublock-a-lean-and-fa…
I'd keep an eye on that thread just in case there's another enforced move for Mag's BPC.
Latest version if here (manual installation required): https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads
Make sure you Get "Bypass Paywalls Clean". You might need to clean cookies to get the new version to work. Also, I had to activate reader mode in Firefox to force the text into portrait orientation instead of fullscreen.
12ft.io ?