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Hide news websites that won't let you read the article without paying (feddit.de)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hello everyone, I'm tired of having to go bavk to my search results 4 timesnbecause eveyrtime that I search for a news article every single website I get on won't let mr read it without either subscribing/logging in, how can I hidethese websites from the results OR How do you guys look up news articles, an app or smt?

btw im on the phone :)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Bypass Paywalls Clean will let you read them, as an alternative to hiding. I think you have to manually install it but it will auto-update after that.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It may let you read some sites, but it has never worked for me. I constantly run in to paywalls despite using this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Do you have any examples? I have never seen a paywall while using this. They have a list of supported sites, though I'm not sure if all of them are guaranteed to work 24/7 or if they need frequent updates.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Basically all the large national news sites where I live are unaffected by this filter. This article for example has a paywall when i visit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

You should submit some issues for those sites with these steps - maybe they'll add them to the list. The addon supports 453 sites at the moment by my count, so I'm sure they'd love for you to tell them about more sites that haven't been bypassed yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Will the extension be updated to use Manifest V3? If it isn't, it seems that compatibility with Chrome might not last much longer, unfortunately.

Edit: Was just asking as I recently installed the extension and Chrome complains that it uses Manifest V2. While Firefox is better than Chrome for lots of reasons, until I make the switch I was just wondering if the extension would keep working given that the alternative 12 foot ladder isn't tall enough for several paywalls...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The link I posted is for Firefox. The Chrome version is here, and it looks like it should continue working with MV3. (Obviously, the better solution is to stop using Chrom*. Mozilla is modifying Manifest V3 so adblockers/etc will continue to work in a post-MV3 world).

Edit: Added dev's comments/issue-link on MV3