Note! If you want to build the script without using GreasyFork or something. Add the array of paywall urls inside paywalls.json into the paywalls const in script.js. The code won't work otherwise.
GreasyFork: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/452024-hacker-news-anti-paywall
Detailed write-up: https://gist.github.com/MostlyEmre/ddec18c4a5b18413994ff9e179bf00ac
Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33794672
- Install through GreasyFork
- Surf the HackerNews
- Click on one of the archive links when you see a paywalled article to read it without paywall.
- If the specific article isn't available, try another archive link.
- If the article is not available in any of the links, please archive it through the
archive.islink.
Main: https://archive.is/
Alternative 1: https://12ft.io/
Alternative 2: archive.org
Feel free to recommend more. Archive.is and Archive.org doesn't have all the links archived. 12ft.io works differently but it doesn't support all websites. I found that majority of paywalled links are available through one of these providers in any given paywall.
Make the world a better place: When you click on the archive.is URL. If there are no pre-existing archives available, then please click on archive this url as this will help other users to see an archived link. Kinda like BE KIND REWIND.
The paywall list (paywalls.json) is decoupled from the following URL. At first, I was mindfully fetching the list, but then I just manually inserted the list, way simpler this way.
iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
If you wish to update the paywall list (paywalls.json), feel free to edit and send a pull request.