Eldergay brethren, this is how you get past paywalls

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It worked! Thank you young person!

It works with some links. Not all of them.

Can you also explain how to use that damn Versateller?

There's also 12 foot ladder.

But how do I get free soup?

I got into the Strategic Air Command!!!!!

I actually just go to the webpage in my regular browser (Safari on macOS) and then click "View in Reader" which is part of the browser. It'll then give me the article I want without issues.

OP, I will never remember those instructions.

R9, bookmark this post.

If archive.ph isn't available, archive.is works too.

R10 thank you! I have saved this thread!

I've been using archive.ph since the first post and it works fantastically well. Thanks OP!

Cheap whores rejoice! Thank you OP.

Thanks for the community service OP! Very much needed thread.

I was thinking of doing one about posting image links.

Oh Youngay Brethren, Can you help me with Spotify?? I hit the + to add it to my deal & then dont see it anywhere in my feed...... Then trying to link to the Sonos??? I feel like my 83 year old mother when she calls me asking why the printer "just wont print, I need a new printer".

[quote] A nationwide network of community outreach centers, once a fixture of the party’s efforts to attract minority voters, will be shuttered or refocused on get-out-the-vote efforts.

How much do I need to pay? I can I do this with an auto-withdraw?

I can go to an archiv.ph page where someone else has already posted an article, but neither of my devices will let me go to the basic page.

Security concerns. Have turned off the ad-blocker and tried going incognito...no luck.

R15 I'm tech support for my mum who's in her 70s. She can use her phone and iPad for most things but she'll often find certain aspects of it too hard to use and will constantly ask me the same questions. I feel your pain...

Some useful information in this thread.

R18 here, I can't even use archive.org to access an old Washington Post article.

Fuck.

Can someone explain how to make giphy links work again? I miss them.

Go to GitHub and download Bypass Paywalls. Add to Chrome in Windows or Kiwi browser in Android.

If you have a Mac or iPhone, reconsider your shitty life choices.

Here's the link to bypass paywalls.

OP, do you happen to know how to bypass state restrictions on a website?

99% of the shit posted doesn't deserve any effort. If I click on the link and can't read it, I'm out. The wit level must be extremely high to exert any real effort.

^ Seriously? You're so offended by a paywall that you won't read it instead of archiving it?

Didn't you ever sneak into a movie?

r27 Who on earth said I was offended? Lazy and unmotivated would be more accurate.

r25, you need a VPN. I recommend private internet access.

You could also try this free, open source vpn.

Archive.ph is dead. Any idea how to get around that? Other similar sites?

What happens if we get caught?

How can people in Texas access PornHub and XHamster now?

If you use Firefox it has an extension that you can add

R34, I only use Firefox for my porn sites. Which extension lets me view OFs for free?

R34 r35

Thanks, OP!

How do you “copy” something?

You click on the address and hit copy.

What's the Firefox extension?

What is a Firefox? Will it bite me?

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12ftladder is no more. I was able to read quite a few articles before the creator shut it down.

Reader only lets me read part of an article sometimes.

R31, archive . ph is not dead.

I use it specifically to get around the NYT (who I can't stand these days) and the Wall Street Journal (whom I've always hated). Suck it, Wall Street Journal!

The only time .oh does it work for me is when an article is fairly new.

will it work on my typewriter?

r45 witty

Or pay for the content like an actual adult who wants reporting and writing better than clickbait trash to stick around.

Not everyone can afford it,. Subscription should be a encouraged for those who do, and subscription is not the only source of revenue. The social platforms and ads chip in.

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It's not just eldergays who need guidance.

The younger generations seem unable to master the obscure tool called "Google" so will come to the DL and ask a question that they could easily and already have asked and answered by typing the same question into "Google". Or they'll type "I'm too lazy to look it up" by which time they could have looked it up with fewer key strokes.

Why is this? Do you need an audience? If a millennial entered a question into Google in the woods, did it happen?

Your overthinking this says a lot, r51.

Thanks R52 - your response makes absolutely no sense, which says everything.

It wouldn't make sense to people who don't know how to write to a target audience, but I can write you a post on how to do that if you need it. 😘❤️

All good R54!

Thank you OP, I was just thinking about this the other day. I was meaning to ask someone who posted a link but then I forgot all about it. I have taken a screenshot of the instructions.

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r19, I feel your pain too- my sister, BIL, and I are my 80 year old mother's tech support. when all 3 of us can't fix something, she'll relent and go to the Apple geniuses (which aren't in the San Diego area). Then she'll say how stupid we are, which we'll rebut with, "Well the Apple Geniuses are stupid as well, because they couldn't fix your problem".

bumping so people do this instead of copy/pasting REALLY LONG ARTICLES like the Alberta piece from The Atlantic.

That Vulture article is paywalled bump.

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Thank you fellow youth

It's up to OPs and commenters to provide archive links so at least half the respondents can read the material easily. If you can't provide an archive link to a pay walled article, just fuck off.

Nobody owes anybody shit around here.

R64, it makes more sense for the person linking to a paywalled article to provide an archive link. Even to sites that require a free login in exchange for spam. We don't all subscribe to every title.

Grow up and get over yourself.

Pay them, then.

Anyone who thinks courtesy is a thing on DL must be new or trolling. It happens, but shouldn't be expected.

The internets never fail to dazzle me.

Thanks

OP, at 61 I qualify as one of your "Eldergay brethren." Thanks for the tutorial. I've known how to do that for quite some time. Generally speaking, I've known how to navigate technology for quite a long time as well, even, I dare say, before you were a toddler or even a twinkle in your dear father's eyes. It's not just my crotchety, grumpy grey-haired self or my antiquarian brethren that you should address. DataLoungers of all ages might appreciate your sage before your years' wisdom.

Dickhead at r66, do you know how many different media titles are linked to on this site? Fucking heaps. Enough that I'm not even going to sign up for free memberships and get spammed.

No, numbskull. We're not all your fuckig little girl Fridays here, r65. See r67 and do the work yourself if you can't access something. Entitled little bitch.

Fuck off, 72.

The Guardian is the only title I'll pay for and receive emails from. OPs can copy and paste or archive.

Nobody's asking you to pay for anything. We're just saying that sometimes you'll just need do the archive link for yourself if the OP doesn't do it. And if you're feeling especially kind and courteous, you can share it here, too.

R74, r66 did say to pay for them.

No, I was r66, and I was saying pay the OP's of thread who don't include archive links as a service to you. Apologies for the ambiguity.

Jesus, if someone links to something at least make it easily accessible, FFS.

Fucking copy and paste, then.

79 likes on the OP's info - !

People really hate paywalls!

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Thank you!

Anytime, love. 💚

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