Most foreign news/content websites have paywalls, and subscriptions are extremely expensive. How can one access this content for free or at a low cost?

Hard restrictions:

Almost all content requires logging into an account and subscribing before reading. Only a few service providers who are very confident in their content do this.

• Typical examples: Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Financial Times (FT), The Economist, The Information
• Bypass method: Restrictions have been strengthened and now it's basically impossible to bypass. Previously, mirror sources were available for viewing.
• You can purchase a shared account, which is reasonably priced and comfortable to use store.mhdnews.com
• This method usually only costs 10USD per year, allowing you to browse all content of WSJ, Economist just like a normal subscription, saving enormous costs. You can pay using USDT.

Limited free reading quota:

Paid articles have a limited reading quota; there are often pop-ups or banners reminding you that you can only read 5 articles this month, etc. Most content publishers use this approach to balance traffic and revenue.

• Typical example: NYT, etc.
• Bypass method: Use the Chrome extension github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls

This extension previously could bypass WSJ and others. The principle was to obtain publicly available backup copies of the same page (such as archived versions from archive.ph) and replace them. This doesn't work now because the source is gone. This isn't really bypassing anymore, it's just finding other sources to paste in.

The extension's own function is to clear the COOKIES of news websites and change the traffic source to Google. Generally, news websites will treat you as a new user, allowing you to reasonably use the monthly quota of a few articles multiple times, thus achieving the purpose of bypassing.

The extension supports many websites, you can try it yourself, but many have become ineffective

• Bypass extension Chrome CRX github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls
• Purchase shared accounts store.mhdnews.com (WSJ, FT, Bloomberg, The Economist, Reuters)

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