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Paywall.

• windsurfer 7y ago
  Just clear your site cookies and refresh.
  • rb808 7y ago
    which one lol. My browser says its using 243, just incredible.
    • johnweldon 7y ago
      Even opening in a clean incognito window hits the paywall
    • windsurfer 7y ago
      On Firefox I just had to clear the *.wsj.com cookies and then refresh.
      • gpm 7y ago
        Also on firefox, right click "open in new private window" worked... but I don't think it always does. Maybe something to do with my ip address?
        • PhasmaFelis 7y ago
          Recently some sites are using HTML5 client-side storage for their paywalls, not just cookies. Forget Me for Chrome seems to get them all, though. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forget-me-clean-history-c/gekpdemielcmiiiackmeoppdgaggjgda https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forget-me-clean-hi...
          • latchkey 7y ago
            Also. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clear-session/maejjihldgmkjlfmgpgoebepjchengka?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clear-session/maej...
  • aerovistae 7y ago
    that doesn't work on wsj.
    • windsurfer 7y ago
      Worked for me on Firefox. I'm not sure why.
• dang 7y ago
  Please don't post unsubstantive comments here. The paywall issue has been discussed extensively. If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the threads. This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix&page=0&query=by:dang%20paywall https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...