Paywall Pass: Some websites, in an effort to increase their subscriptions and revenue, have installed so-called paywall systems.
Δημοφιλή ειδησεογραφικά sites, όπως η Wall Street Journal Online ή η New York Times Online χρησιμοποιούν τα συγκεκριμένα paywalls.
Usually apps that websites use to block their content differ, and most use different means to track access, for example cookies.
What all websites have in common is that they allow machines searchς (και συχνά και σε άλλα δημοφιλή site ειδήσεων) απεριόριστη πρόσβαση στο περιεχόμενο τους.
The Firefox Paywall Pass add-on takes advantage of the fact and by changing a value in the header, turns your browser into machine search engine (or at least that's what the websites you visit think).
Note that the add-on will not prevent advertisements or announcements for paywall or subscriptions. The New York Times website, for example, will display subscription notifications.
Note: Extension works well on many websites. He worked without problems at wsj.com for example, but does not seem to work on the New York Times website.
It is suggested that you use other media to access these non-add-on websites, for example, use the private browsing feature to read the articles.
The extension works in a semi-automatic manner. Whenever you are faced with a paywall, click the extension icon.
Changes the referer in the background and reloads the page. If everything goes well, the article should appear and you will be able to read it.
Paywall Pass is a useful extension that grants access to articles blocked by online journals. Of course you have many other options to access such content, such as by loading a cached version of an article from the Google search engine, or using the private browsing function, or by clearing your cookies regularly base.
