Here's an Internet tip to read newspapers without subscribing

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I just saw this on Youtube and managed to read an article in the Washington Post, which I don't subscribe to.

In the url, before the www, you type in "archive.is/". Then just click on the link.

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[+3] - engineer - 01/29/2024Many newspapers will allow you to read a few articles before hitting the paywall. I open an incognito window and that resets the counter.

@Mame,

And you're welcome Smile

I hope some people got something out of this.

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@Mame,

I tried it the first day you posted it and couldn't get it to work...figured I was a klutz and left it at that. But thanks, Mame, it was a nice gesture!

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Many newspapers will allow you to read a few articles before hitting the paywall. I open an incognito window and that resets the counter.

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@hightor,

You just need to click on an article in a paper you don't subscribe to and then modify the URL.

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@engineer,

Good old web browsing whack-a-mole. Works for sites that sniff out ad-blockers too... for now.

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Worked for me, just pasted archive.is/ before the www and was able to read the article Razz

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@jcboy,

I tried it on both The New York Times and The Washington Post, worked both times.

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@jcboy,

Does it first go to a separate search page for you? It does for me, and oddly, one said "no results", but the second one produced a link which did go to a readable version of the link. Both tries were wapo articles.

Either way, thanks Mame for the tip!

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