Why YSK: Information should be free and open for all

Copy and paste the article URL into https://archive.is/ and view an archived version, thus bypassing the paywall

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    1 year ago

    A lot of articles load all of the content before the paywall, so another easy (but kind of scuffed) option is to just stop the page from loading after the content has loaded but before the paywall has

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      1 year ago

      That’s some real quick draw skill for a lot of people with good computers/phones and gigabit speed internet.

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        1 year ago

        Hahaha you got me there! This little hack may be more feasible for those with shoddy xfinity internet like myself