TIL of a paywall workaround

submitted by Zapped from self.TIL

If you press CTRL-P before the blocker loads, you can read the article from your print screen.

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[–]neolib 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I just set up autodeletion of cookies (in chrome) for most popular news domains.

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

How does that affect the paywall block?

[–]neolib 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Some websites (like NYT or WaPo) allow a couple of articles for free, and the counter is kept in cookies. This trick doesn't work for FT and WSJ, only archive.is for those.

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks.