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The easiest way to bypass paywalls is to just disable JavaScript for the site. It works pretty much everywhere I've tried it except for the WSJ, which I suspect this extension doesn't work for either.

Edit: or, maybe it does. I see WSJ.com in the config, with a referrer as drugereport and user agent as Google not to get around it.

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it works on WSJ, I use it for that site. for some bypasses, it doesn't "just load the page" but rather pops up a link to archive.ph or similar to pull the article, still convenient

I also point out there is "bypass paywalls" and "bypass paywalls clean", kind of similar to the uBlock family with "uBlock origin" being the "good guy" edition

Some WSJ articles work and some don't for me. I think the difference may be opinion pieces.

Not sure about WSJ, but in some cases the extension fetches the content from archive today and inserts it into the displayed website tab.

If there is no mirror on archive today, the extension cannot insert it.

I remember there is a big media site, which even use Archive.is can't check its paywalled content part, do you know that site?

Can this plugin work on it? I doubt.

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