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1. Download Opera - https://www.opera.com/download https://www.opera.com/download - this avoids breaking anything with JS you need. 2. Turn off JavaScript in Op
by imperfectcats 6y ago
1. Download Opera - https://www.opera.com/download https://www.opera.com/download - this avoids breaking anything with JS you need.
2. Turn off JavaScript in Opera.
3. Copy and paste the link.
- kasperni 6y agoNot sure why I would want to install a new browser to read an article? Edit: I appreciate the tip, I just think it is a bit excessive to install a new browser to read a single article.
- callumlocke 6y agoI think the commenter was just trying to be helpful.
- ricardo81 6y agoAgree. A quicker if not elegant alternative is to cancel the page load after the article appears. Typically works for any site that's using JS to hide/erase content already served.
- imperfectcats 6y agoIt works for most paywalls, NY Times being one I remember, so it is handy beyond one article. Likely there are a bazzillion reasons you can't optimise the current browser to turn off JS, and what are the chances anyone has Opera, and would find running it in JS off mode problematic? YMMV, but I think it is a lot easier to install a browser as a cheap, easy, JS free paywall buster than the alternatives.
- Koiwai 6y agoModern browsers can turn off JS per site, so you don't have to install Opera(or another secondary browser) for that.
- callumlocke 6y agoIgnore the negativity, your comment helped me.