Comment by llamageddon01 on 20/10/2021 at 11:42 UTC*

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Paywalls

Linking to news articles to back up your point is commendable, but not when they’re behind a paywall[1], a regional block or other block[2]. Try not to link to a paywalled article on Reddit; it really won’t end well. Nevertheless, you’re bound to find one sometime in your Redditing, so here are some ways of potentially dealing with them.

1: https://stackdiary.com/how-to-bypass-paywalls/

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/d7nn51/lpt_quora_blocking_you_from_reading_an_answer/

Please bear in mind here that all my Redditing is done on an iPad Pro, either via the official app or using a Safari web browser, so your experience might be slightly different. *Not all of these may work; I haven’t tried all of them.*

**Google Cache**

Sometimes on Google results, you’ll see a three dots “kebab” post-overflow menu[3]. Tapping this will bring up a pop-up menu where you can see three options. Selecting the final “cache” option will open a page that looks like this[4] where if the page still won’t load, selecting the “Text-Only Version” option at the top of the page usually works.

3: https://i.redd.it/7zo2qmmewsz81.jpg

4: https://i.redd.it/03riot4uysz81.jpg

**Reddit to the rescue?**

r/LifeProTips and r/lifehacks are essential subreddits for all those little things that make a big difference in our lives, and this is a subject[5] that comes up often on both subreddits[6]. r/YouShouldKnow also tackles this topic[7] from time to time.

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/997cjp/lpt_to_continue_reading_a_news_article_before_the/

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/lifehacks/comments/pvu8e9/get_around_paywalls/

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/k5x444/ysk_that_its_easy_to_bypass_paywalls_on_news/

**Methods without installing anything**

Using the Reader View in your browser to block the paywall popup is one method and one Redditor provided links to instructions for Firefox, Chrome and Safari[8] here.

8: https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/djpvj4/lpt_used_all_of_your_free_articles_on_a/

Websites recommended to me are:

https://12ft.io/[9]
https://archive.org[10] Sometimes works by copy/pasting the URL
https://www.printfriendly.com[11] Turns a web page into a print-friendly PDF

The first is the most reliable in my experience, but it relies on Google Cache so if the article hasn’t been indexed by Google, it might not work. There have been others in the past but were either often down or grew lists of URLs that they didn’t support which defeated their purpose.

9: https://12ft.io/

10: https://archive.org

11: https://www.printfriendly.com

Two tips I’ve been given are:

If you want to continue reading a news article without signing up, just add a dot(.) after the “.com”
Add "?share=1" to the end of a Quora link to remove the blur and the sign up pop up.

However, I’ve not tried the first and I don’t use Quora so again, YMMV.

**Methods requiring installing stuff**

There are plenty of browser extensions for bypassing paywalls for the main web clients; Google (or your favourite alternative) and YouTube will be your friends here. Neither I, this subreddit nor Reddit itself endorse any particular methods on this matter.

*Because there is a Subreddit for everything:**

r/lifehacks and r/LifeProTips aim to improve your life in one way or another; r/shittylifehacks and r/ShittyLifeProTips certainly don’t, and r/unethicallifehacks and r/UnethicalLifeProTips might land you in real trouble.

Comment by llamageddon01 on 20/10/2021 at 11:42 UTC*

Paywalls

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