Getting around the ever annoying paywall blocks on the WSJ, Business Insider, NYT, Washington Post, and everything else is much easier than you probably ever thought it could be. In this short post I will tell you how to do it. A guaranteed way to work!
These days many people get their news via news aggregators, and it’s unrealistic to think everyone is going to be able or even want to bother subscribing to so many news sources. But, for certain a paywall is in place to prevent anyone but paid users from accessing specific content, and so far, there are only two types of paywall blocks. The first is what is called a soft block, where you’re able to see part of an article before you see a popup prompt paywall block, and the hard block where the block pops up immediately.
Some sites offer a few articles per month for free before you are prompted to subscribe. With these sites the free article limit can normally be bypassed by removing cookies for the site. Simply delete your browser cookies. Another super easy way to circumvent this paywall block is to view these articles through incognito mode. Understand, that if the website lets you view a limited number of articles, and then blocks access with a paywall, they’re doing so by storing cookies that track how many articles you have viewed.
In fact, there are a number of tedious time consuming ways to get around both of these blocks, but who really wants to go through all the hassle just to be able to read an article, my guess is nobody.
In fact, there are a number of tedious time consuming ways to get around both of these blocks, but who really wants to go through all the hassle just to be able to read an article, my guess is nobody.
Nearly all web browsers are Chromium based, and with that, you simply need to add either Instapaper or Pocket extensions from the Chrome web store to your browser. Make sure it is on and active.
Whenever you click on an article that has a paywall, your computer will see the article before the paywall popup, and keep it in its cache. Just close the article or tab and then reload the same article again only this time quickly click on the Instapaper or Pocket extension icon immediately. The article will then be able to be read through those apps as they store all of the articles you save.
That’s it. It works. Those, read it later apps kick ass.
I hope this helps get your new year going better
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