Innerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前At least 3 major outlets — The New York Times, The Guardian, and Reddit — have blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from accessing their contentwww.mediapost.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down14cross-posted to: MassMedia@lemmy.worldreddit@lemmy.world
arrow-up1525arrow-down1external-linkAt least 3 major outlets — The New York Times, The Guardian, and Reddit — have blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from accessing their contentwww.mediapost.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前message-square65linkfedilinkcross-posted to: MassMedia@lemmy.worldreddit@lemmy.world
minus-squaregreen_goglinlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·4 个月前Nobody tell NYT about being able to add another “.” Subsequent to”.com” to bypass their paywall.
minus-squarestegosaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 个月前Awesome, this is the best paywall hack I have ever seen!
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 个月前I’m probably screwing it up here, but neither of these are working for me https://www.nytimes.com.2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html https://www.nytimes…com/2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 个月前Put the extra “.” after the “.com” so “.com.”
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 个月前Ah, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html won’t work on my usual browser (which just ends up loading NYTs homepage) but it does work in a Chrome incognito window Thank you!
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 个月前I think auto complete or something might have messed with what you intended to post, that link still hits the paywall for me, but using your guidance I was eventually able to figure out that nytimes.com./2026 etc. works in a Chrome incognito window. The “.” after “com” and the “/” after that “.” are apparently the critical bits
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 个月前 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html You are missing the .com. part…
minus-squaregreen_goglinlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 个月前oof I brainfarted - markdown and code auto formats and in doing so autocorrects.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 个月前It happens, just wanted to point it out in case people trying it thought it did not actually work
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 个月前Still getting this bullshit:
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 个月前Why does this work? Is it a deliberate bypass on the NYT’s part?
Nobody tell NYT about being able to add another “.” Subsequent to”.com” to bypass their paywall.
Awesome, this is the best paywall hack I have ever seen!
I’m probably screwing it up here, but neither of these are working for me
https://www.nytimes.com.2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html
https://www.nytimes…com/2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html
Put the extra “.” after the “.com” so “.com.”
Ah, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html won’t work on my usual browser (which just ends up loading NYTs homepage) but it does work in a Chrome incognito window
Thank you!
you’re welcome:
I think auto complete or something might have messed with what you intended to post, that link still hits the paywall for me, but using your guidance I was eventually able to figure out that
works in a Chrome incognito window. The “.” after “com” and the “/” after that “.” are apparently the critical bits
You are missing the .com. part…
oof I brainfarted - markdown and code auto formats and in doing so autocorrects.
It happens, just wanted to point it out in case people trying it thought it did not actually work
Still getting this bullshit:
beep boop
Why does this work? Is it a deliberate bypass on the NYT’s part?
No idea, but I love it.
Hmmm. Interesting.