Don’t feel bad because you bypass paywalls, they effectively create a system where quality, fact-checked information is only accessible to “wealthy subscribers”, while low-quality, “fake-newsy” media is usually free. Instead, support independant press.
The best way I’ve found to bypass paywalls is to use the web archive tool archive.today.
I’m not exactly sure how they work but if you want to know more you can read this reddit post.
To use it, simply copy-paste the paywalled article URL into the “I want to search the archive for saved snapshots” search box. Then click on a snapshot and you’re good to go!
Note, if archive.today is not available, try those URLs instead:
- archive.fo
- archive.is
- archive.li
- archive.md
- archive.ph
- archive.vn
- And if you are using TOR 🏴☠️
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