Bypass paywalls
Introduction This guide will show you how to bypass paywalls on some common news websites. Here is the list of supported websites that it works with. I mainly use it for The Age and AFR (Australian Financial Review). Sometimes these extensions break or get removed, so here are the full links to where the instructions are hosted. I’ve rewritten and shortened them to make them easier to follow: Chrome Firefox Mobile Chrome / Edge / Brave Instructions Download zip file here Unzip so you have folder: ‘bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean-master’ Go to Manage Extensions (may look different depending on browser) ![[Attachments/Pasted image 20241009115121.png|688]] Turn on Developer mode Click Load unpacked Find the unzipped folder and select that to load Once loaded it will automatically open the plugin’s setting page. I recommend turning on “Check for update rules at startup”. Then just hit save. You’re done! If you go to a website like afr you’ll see it’s working because the extension will have a small red ‘On’ icon next to it. Firefox Instructions Download file here Go to about:addons in the URL bar. Go to Extensions, click the gear icon, and then “Install Add-on From File…” Select the xpi file we downloaded earlier. Firefox will ask if you want the extension to have permission, click ‘Add’. Once loaded it will automatically open the plugin’s setting page. I recommend turning on “Check for update rules at startup”. Then just hit save. You’re done! If you go to a website like afr you’ll see it’s working because the extension will have a small red ‘On’ icon next to it. iPhone Safari Instructions (Also Works on iPad and Mac) This requires the premium version of AdGuard which has various paid plans available. There’s a 7 day free trial so you can give this a go and cancel if you don’t like it. At the time of writing this there’s a monthly plan for $1.50, yearly for $8, and a lifetime plan (which I purchased) for $20 AUD. I consider this very cheap considering how much I’ve saved on The Age + AFR subscriptions alone. It’s also a really good ad blocker. ...