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Copy and paste the article URL into https://archive.is/ and view an archived version, thus bypassing the paywall

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iOS users: add this shortcut to your share sheet and click on it when you encounter a paywall and itll open the archive link which lets you read and share the article without a paywall https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ede57eb29515446ab7cd68b5a8a6e311

Or use this Praxis Browser app in the same way but it wont let you share the article https://apps.apple.com/us/app/praxis-browser/id1598706451

Android users: this Web Archive Viewer app seems to do the same thing as the iOS shortcut but ive never used it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=web.archive.viewer

Firefox users on any platform: this extension opens the archived version of the article and lets you read or share the article without paywalls https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/archive-page/

The firefox extension can be used on android and ios as well (ios users can install it with the Orion web browser)

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If you use uBlock Origin there is an option to toggle JavaScript. This should be sufficient for most of the articles

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Here’s another alternative, I save the article into Pocket and that usually works.

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Or Wallabag, an open source alternative for those hearing about Pocket for the first time.

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Archive.is is useful, for sure. Another option that I have used for a long time is BypassPaywalls. It works on Firefox, as well as Chromium based browsers. https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

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On Firefox, usually reader mode ignores paywalls. It is also nice for showing pages in a standard format, ignoring the styles of the site, which is nice for sites with crap layouts.

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+1. I accidentally stumbled upon that one day and it’s been great since then.

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I stumbled into this the other day. It’s awesome!

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