The Ultimate Paywall Bypass: A One-Step Solution

Remember my post about paywalls? Well, I’ve refined the process and found an even better trick—one that works 95% of the time with just a single step - Webpage archive

Not much to look at, hey? at but that doesn't matter because you won't ever have to go there.

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Step 1: Paywall Bypass

Paste https://archive.is/newest/ before your chosen sites URL. Hit Return and you're done.

Example:

Take this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today

Turn it into this - https://archive.is/newest/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today

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Read on to "Nerd out"

Now this is pretty awesome paywall bypass but it's a bit slow for me so I like to speed things up a bit.

Mac

Keyboard Maestro Script - Click Here

Windows

AutoHotKet Script

; Ctrl + Shift + A to archive the current webpage
^+a:: 
    clipboard := "" 		; Clear clipboard
    Send, ^l 			; Focus the address bar
    Sleep, 100
    Send, ^c 			; Copy URL
    Sleep, 100
    ClipWait, 1
    if (Clipboard) {
        Send, https://archive.is/newest/%Clipboard%
    }
	Send, {Enter}
return

Issues

If you run a VPN you may find that this little trick doesn't work. You will have to disable your VPN before using the Webpage archive.