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by _abox 1887 days ago
https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome also really works well on the desktop. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to get it working on Firefox on mobile (the chrome repo also contains the FF one now ;) ). Thanks for the archive link.

PS I understand that websites need to monetise.. But getting a subscription to read one linked article per month or so is just not going to happen. The sites I use a lot I do pay a membership for.
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fwn 1887 days ago
You need Firefox 68 ( fennec 68.11.0 ) to use extensions from the open internet. Mozilla axed general extension support in later versions of their android browser.

I just keep it around next to my regular browser for the occasional paywall.

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GekkePrutser 1887 days ago
Thanks, I'm not sure if I want to run a browser that old though... Security-wise. Even if it's probably ok now, it's never going to get updated.

I wish they just supported sideloading of extensions. I wonder how developers are supposed to test their stuff on mobile.

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bagacrap 1887 days ago
perhaps you should consider getting a subscription one month per year and using the extension the other 11 if you think that's a more fair price to pay
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GekkePrutser 1887 days ago
Good point. But I'm not sure if I'd do this with the Washington post. I wouldn't normally read this unless it's linked from somewhere else (I live in Europe).

I actually had an online subscription to the Guardian for a while because they were really good on the privacy advocacy news. I wanted to support a paper with deep dives into privacy issues. However the last couple of years I got annoyed with too much Brexit stuff (not surprising for a UK based paper obviously but as I don't live in the UK I don't want to read about it every day). So I let it lapse.

But there's another thing holding me back. If I subscribe I have to give all my personal details. I don't want to have too many sites where I have that around, data leaks are now happening too often. Even a couple days ago I got yet another notification from haveibeenpwned (this time it was the Spanish company phonehouse.es that was hit).

Anyway, I just wanted to say that while I use paywall avoiding tools I'm not blind to the problem of monetisation and the cost of real journalism :)

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