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by loandigger 1944 days ago
Asshole design on sifted, can't read the article without joining.
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The pop-up is a little sneaky to be honest. I am quite enjoying the content sifted has been putting out recently so I decided in this instance I would create an account.

I then tried to view the article again and then the pop-up appears again with different wording, letting you know it is actually a paywall, so creating an account isn't enough.

I just used Firefox's reader mode. Half the time it cuts through modal paywalls, if they loaded the content behind.
Yeah can also just inspect, delete a few overlays, and then remove the overflow from the body element and your in.
Command + . after it is mostly loaded before the popup comes ujp.