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14. But......

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Feb 13, 2022, 10:13 AM

Feb 2022

Yes, it is easy to just use a different browser and delete your history etc to get more 'free' articles. But if you read
a newspaper a lot you really should support it if you can afford it. Maybe pay for a couple months a year then drop it.
Nothing is really free.

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How to get around the paywall at national newspapers [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 OP

Excellent! point! Sherman A1 Feb 2022 #1

I only pay Casady1 Feb 2022 #2

This. zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #6

+1 happy feet Feb 2022 #12

Amen. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #26

agreed, that's why I pay for NJCher Feb 2022 #33

I think the WaPo lets me "gift" six articles per month, maybe eight. I can't recall. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #43

Yep. IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 2022 #35

Not for $17/month I'm not. AllyCat Feb 2022 #52

Exactly RecoveringJournalist Feb 2022 #18

Actually worse than "nothing" PatSeg Feb 2022 #27

Exactly. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2022 #59

Same here PatSeg Feb 2022 #23

Of course it's OK to support them.... paleotn Feb 2022 #30

Keep in mind... llmart Feb 2022 #38

You are correct. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #44

Yes, I saw that nasty rant. llmart Feb 2022 #47

Me, too. Grasswire2 Feb 2022 #58

Try Mercury Reader ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #3

Usually clearing the cookies in your browser works AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #4

No need to delete cookies ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #8

A lot of newspapers block attempts to read them via incognito browsers. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #20

Amen, amen, amen! zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #5

Thanks. It's as if a lot of DUers figured that, once they got out of elementary school, they didn't mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #7

It does feel good to sit and read at the library zeusdogmom Feb 2022 #9

A most excellent reminder. I love my local library for all the reasons that you niyad Feb 2022 #10

It's also where I update the OS on my mobile phone. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #13

+1 llmart Feb 2022 #40

Great idea! I paid for NYT and suddenly got billed $17/mo AllyCat Feb 2022 #11

that happened to me, too NJCher Feb 2022 #42

But...... frogstar0 Feb 2022 #14

I did that and it asks me to create an account bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #15

For me, it's my library card number, and then a four-digit PIN that mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #17

I'm a librarian and the default login intheflow Feb 2022 #48

Those alternatives don't work for me bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #49

Yes! My wife is a librarian in New City N.Y. (not to be confused with NYC) patphil Feb 2022 #16

I understand the desire to Old Crank Feb 2022 #19

Amen. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #25

your post pretty much describes my own stopdiggin Feb 2022 #34

Old school and cheap here. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #21

you should also be cherishing that $2.00 cup stopdiggin Feb 2022 #36

that sounds like a fun way to approach it NJCher Feb 2022 #45

I'd rather pay if I can. It funds good, professional journalism... paleotn Feb 2022 #22

True. Internet "journalism": free. Professional journalism: not free FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #28

Mixed feelings about this. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #24

Post removed Post removed Feb 2022 #29

You seem not to understand the concept of taxes. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #37

admirable rant. feel better? -(nt)- stopdiggin Feb 2022 #39

I pay for newspapers because they are a vital aspect of a democracy. talking-liberally Feb 2022 #31

I'd buy you a dozen valentine hearts GarySeven Feb 2022 #32

I subscribe o two newspapers. I also pay taxes which support my library. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #50

My dad supported our family working for newspapers. He was one of the printers that put together.... usaf-vet Feb 2022 #41

I do as well DBoon Feb 2022 #57

I opened a Wa Post article, then used Tools - Web Developer - Page Source to read it and ... L. Coyote Feb 2022 #46

It worked! I have access to WaPo! Thank you for this idea! AllyCat Feb 2022 #51

Thanks, but don't thank me; thank your local librarians and your fellow taxpayers. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #53

I just never thought I could do this. AllyCat Feb 2022 #54

You'd be surprised at all the things you can do at the library. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #55

I am thankful for libraries I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #56

I always vote "yes" on the local library budget. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2022 #60

A few years ago, here in NoVa, this county, when 'cons were in charge, they tried to privatize the empedocles Feb 2022 #61