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is there a way to de-paywall 404media.co?

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  • foxglove@lazysoci.alF This user is from outside of this forum
    foxglove@lazysoci.alF This user is from outside of this forum
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    is there a way to de-paywall 404media.co?

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    • foxglove@lazysoci.alF [email protected]

      is there a way to de-paywall 404media.co?

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      Idk but if you're just looking for the repo I think this is it: https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file

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      • foxglove@lazysoci.alF [email protected]

        is there a way to de-paywall 404media.co?

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        https://archive.is/https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/

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        • foxglove@lazysoci.alF [email protected]

          is there a way to de-paywall 404media.co?

          aatube@kbin.melroy.orgA This user is from outside of this forum
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          No paywall for this article yet: "Sign up for free access to this post", it's not a free trial.

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          • aatube@kbin.melroy.orgA [email protected]

            No paywall for this article yet: "Sign up for free access to this post", it's not a free trial.

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            Still a wall between people clicking the link and the content.

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              Still a wall between people clicking the link and the content.

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              Which is also a wall between bots scraping the articles.

              Support independent media.

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                Which is also a wall between bots scraping the articles.

                Support independent media.

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                No it isn't, they are letting bots scrape the articles just like every other news site for that sweet, sweet SEO. Why do you think the archive.is link has the full article?

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                  No it isn't, they are letting bots scrape the articles just like every other news site for that sweet, sweet SEO. Why do you think the archive.is link has the full article?

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                  This is literally why these sites have the free paywall. Some get bypased. In this case, I suspect 404 gave archive dot org access because they rely so heavily on that site for researching articles.

                  But. Regardless: if you think a journalism outlet is so evil and are scamming everyone... Maybe just ignore them because you clearly don't think they are worth your time.

                  Also: republican love people like you who do everything possible to attack independent journalism.

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                    This is literally why these sites have the free paywall. Some get bypased. In this case, I suspect 404 gave archive dot org access because they rely so heavily on that site for researching articles.

                    But. Regardless: if you think a journalism outlet is so evil and are scamming everyone... Maybe just ignore them because you clearly don't think they are worth your time.

                    Also: republican love people like you who do everything possible to attack independent journalism.

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                    This has no relevance to politics and I'm not attacking anything by saying forcing sign ups is a barrier to content or that you're wrong about it having anything to do with bots, you dork.

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                      This is literally why these sites have the free paywall. Some get bypased. In this case, I suspect 404 gave archive dot org access because they rely so heavily on that site for researching articles.

                      But. Regardless: if you think a journalism outlet is so evil and are scamming everyone... Maybe just ignore them because you clearly don't think they are worth your time.

                      Also: republican love people like you who do everything possible to attack independent journalism.

                      davel@lemmy.mlD This user is from outside of this forum
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                      archive.is/archive.today is not archive.org, and they did it without permission, because they never get permission.

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                      • jagged_circle@feddit.nlJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                        Its called an authwall

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                        • foxglove@lazysoci.alF [email protected]

                          is there a way to de-paywall 404media.co?

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                          The way I usually do it is by flagging the article and asking the mods to please ban articles from this site.

                          Post is low effort if OP didn't bother trying to find a source that's accessible to all. It only takes a few minutes ffs

                          https://gizmodo.com/irs-makes-direct-file-software-open-source-after-trump-tried-to-kill-it-2000611151

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                          • jagged_circle@feddit.nlJ [email protected]

                            The way I usually do it is by flagging the article and asking the mods to please ban articles from this site.

                            Post is low effort if OP didn't bother trying to find a source that's accessible to all. It only takes a few minutes ffs

                            https://gizmodo.com/irs-makes-direct-file-software-open-source-after-trump-tried-to-kill-it-2000611151

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                            Or OP just likes the independent outlet 404 Media, as I also do. Gizmodo features AI-generated articles (ones with the byline "Gizmodo bot"). It takes a simple adblocker or the bypass paywalls clean extension to bypass the authwall.

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                            • aatube@kbin.melroy.orgA [email protected]

                              Or OP just likes the independent outlet 404 Media, as I also do. Gizmodo features AI-generated articles (ones with the byline "Gizmodo bot"). It takes a simple adblocker or the bypass paywalls clean extension to bypass the authwall.

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                              It doesn't matter what OP likes. We shouldn't be linking to inaccessible content on Lemmy. That's low effort posting that harms our communities.

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                              • jagged_circle@feddit.nlJ [email protected]

                                Its called an authwall

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                                It's generally for user data collection / sale and adding you to their marketing list.

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                                  https://archive.is/https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/

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                                  Now as a direct link!

                                  http://archive.today/mFHH8

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                                    This is literally why these sites have the free paywall. Some get bypased. In this case, I suspect 404 gave archive dot org access because they rely so heavily on that site for researching articles.

                                    But. Regardless: if you think a journalism outlet is so evil and are scamming everyone... Maybe just ignore them because you clearly don't think they are worth your time.

                                    Also: republican love people like you who do everything possible to attack independent journalism.

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                                    They don't have to be evil or scamming people for this to be a shitty barrier that prevents people from viewing the information.

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                                    • isveryloud@lemmy.caI [email protected]

                                      It's generally for user data collection / sale and adding you to their marketing list.

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                                      It's to prevent scraping/harvesting by AI: https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/

                                      They do not ask for a phone number.

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                                      • jagged_circle@feddit.nlJ [email protected]

                                        It doesn't matter what OP likes. We shouldn't be linking to inaccessible content on Lemmy. That's low effort posting that harms our communities.

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                                        First of all, you are on feddit.nl and cannot speak for"Lemmy". That said- if anything, "Lemmy" users should be supporting independent journalism like 404 Media.

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                                        • kirk@startrek.websiteK [email protected]

                                          It's to prevent scraping/harvesting by AI: https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/

                                          They do not ask for a phone number.

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                                          Indeed it is, but I'm concerned about the above, and thus don't create user accounts willy nilly.

                                          I could use a fake name and fake email, but a lot of sites require that you validate your phone number too, and it's starting to become a lot of commodifiable data points.

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