| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 11:24 - Sep 29 with 2971 views | vilanovablue |
Which actually works surprisingly well. |  | |  |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 11:44 - Sep 29 with 2920 views | RobTheMonk |
Stuff's behind a paywall for a reason... |  | | |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 11:49 - Sep 29 with 2906 views | GlasgowBlue |
Although paywall can be incredibly frustrating, good journalism has to be paid for. Otherwise it will disappear and we will rely on fake news from facebook and the like. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 11:59 - Sep 29 with 2874 views | Mediocre_Quick |
Was waiting for some of the generation before mine to catch on to this! Handy little tool for reading the athletic etc online |  | | |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 12:05 - Sep 29 with 2836 views | giant_stow |
It actually seems to work - really not sure about the morals or effects of using it though. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 12:11 - Sep 29 with 2830 views | DanTheMan |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 12:05 - Sep 29 by giant_stow |
It actually seems to work - really not sure about the morals or effects of using it though. |
For those who wish to know how it works...
Simply put, these websites have to be indexable by Google (and others, but mainly Google) so they can be found when people are searching for whatever news story. This means that the crawler has to be able to view the contents of the page at least partially but very usually in it's entirety.
This snapshot of the page is then viewable by going through Google Archive. This site (and other lesser known ones) then use Google Archive to display the pages. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 12:19 - Sep 29 with 2787 views | giant_stow |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 12:11 - Sep 29 by DanTheMan |
For those who wish to know how it works...
Simply put, these websites have to be indexable by Google (and others, but mainly Google) so they can be found when people are searching for whatever news story. This means that the crawler has to be able to view the contents of the page at least partially but very usually in it's entirety.
This snapshot of the page is then viewable by going through Google Archive. This site (and other lesser known ones) then use Google Archive to display the pages. |
I have to admire the fact that it uses the commercial imperative being found against them - no idea where that leaves such sites if this catches on in a big way though. Maybe they'll have to close off to google and hope people will still come.
Edit: or maybe Google will have to adjust to how it ranks pages from paywalled sites even? They still usually offer a paragraph or two, so maybe with the page title, url and meta tags all visible, that'll be enough? [Post edited 29 Sep 2022 12:25]
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 13:36 - Sep 29 with 2571 views | Illinoisblue |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 11:49 - Sep 29 by GlasgowBlue |
Although paywall can be incredibly frustrating, good journalism has to be paid for. Otherwise it will disappear and we will rely on fake news from facebook and the like. |
Indeed. This is basically shoplifting. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 13:57 - Sep 29 with 2503 views | Parky |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 13:36 - Sep 29 by Illinoisblue |
Indeed. This is basically shoplifting. |
😂😂😂 |  | | |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 14:04 - Sep 29 with 2483 views | Illinoisblue |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 13:57 - Sep 29 by Parky |
😂😂😂 |
What’s so funny, parky? | |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 14:08 - Sep 29 with 2459 views | monytowbray |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 12:11 - Sep 29 by DanTheMan |
For those who wish to know how it works...
Simply put, these websites have to be indexable by Google (and others, but mainly Google) so they can be found when people are searching for whatever news story. This means that the crawler has to be able to view the contents of the page at least partially but very usually in it's entirety.
This snapshot of the page is then viewable by going through Google Archive. This site (and other lesser known ones) then use Google Archive to display the pages. |
Cache:URL doesn't always work as well these days. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 15:52 - Sep 29 with 2312 views | Illinoisblue |
After you’ve put the real media outlets out of business, your news will come from Cruncher and co. Choose wisely. | |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 15:55 - Sep 29 with 2278 views | J2BLUE |
The moral equivalent of using TWTD with an ad blocker and not paying the small annual fee.
Maybe this is useful for the odd very important news article but as a habit? Morally wrong. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 16:19 - Sep 29 with 2199 views | blueasfook |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 13:36 - Sep 29 by Illinoisblue |
Indeed. This is basically shoplifting. |
it's the equivalent of taping the Top 40 off the radio. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 17:02 - Sep 29 with 2111 views | HARRY10 |
Can I use the 12 foot ladder outside of Portman Road ? | | | |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 17:48 - Sep 29 with 2050 views | Illinoisblue |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 16:19 - Sep 29 by blueasfook |
it's the equivalent of taping the Top 40 off the radio. |
That’s a good analogy except for the fact it doesn’t work | |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 17:56 - Sep 29 with 2016 views | jeera |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 14:04 - Sep 29 by Illinoisblue |
What’s so funny, parky? |
Weird reaction indeed. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 18:52 - Sep 29 with 1915 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 11:44 - Sep 29 by RobTheMonk |
Stuff's behind a paywall for a reason... |
To enslave the people in a web of injustice and neo-capitalist control, thereby denying us respect, recognition and our rights as human beings in the name of globalisation?
(C) Bankster (possibly) |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 19:07 - Sep 29 with 1881 views | GeoffSentence |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 16:19 - Sep 29 by blueasfook |
it's the equivalent of taping the Top 40 off the radio. |
but without Tony Blackburn talking over the intro and outro [Post edited 29 Sep 2022 19:07]
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 08:37 - Sep 30 with 1641 views | Plums |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 15:55 - Sep 29 by J2BLUE |
The moral equivalent of using TWTD with an ad blocker and not paying the small annual fee.
Maybe this is useful for the odd very important news article but as a habit? Morally wrong. |
From media barons who are playing the UK with a joystick while paying no tax here? That's morally wrong.
I'll sleep easily if I can access the odd artcile that nobody actually asked them to put on the internet. |  |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 10:17 - Sep 30 with 1576 views | blueasfook |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 16:19 - Sep 29 by blueasfook |
it's the equivalent of taping the Top 40 off the radio. |
Why did you downvote this Gav? Troll. | |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 10:18 - Sep 30 with 1569 views | unbelievablue |
And people wonder why journalism is in the gutter. [Post edited 30 Sep 2022 10:18]
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 10:24 - Sep 30 with 1549 views | vilanovablue |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 10:18 - Sep 30 by unbelievablue |
And people wonder why journalism is in the gutter. [Post edited 30 Sep 2022 10:18]
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Journalism was in the gutter long before the internet arrived. | | | |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 10:26 - Sep 30 with 1542 views | unbelievablue |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 10:24 - Sep 30 by vilanovablue |
Journalism was in the gutter long before the internet arrived. |
This doesn't help. | |
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| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 11:03 - Sep 30 with 1491 views | urbanblue |
| Handy little website to bypass a paywall… on 19:07 - Sep 29 by GeoffSentence |
but without Tony Blackburn talking over the intro and outro [Post edited 29 Sep 2022 19:07]
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Or in my case Alan Freeman pop pickers ... |  | | |
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