Don't You Know
Internet (The) Lyrics

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You're beautiful
You brighten up my day
And when your skin touches mine
I get goosebumps right away

But you don't even know
Don't even know, know
I said you don't even know

Don't even know, know (said you don't even know)

As usual
I love your embrace
I'm a fiend for your attention
Yes I am baby

But you don't even know
Don't even know, know
I said you don't even know
Don't even know, know (said you don't even know)

You have no idea (said you don't even know)

But you don't even know
Don't even know, know
I said you don't even know
Don't even know, know (said you don't even know)

If you only knew
How I look at you
You'd call me crazy
But maybe it's you who
Who hasn't a clue

And you should already know

Already know, already know
Said you should
Already know
Already know, already know

You're the reason
I'm singing this song
When I say that
You're the beat in my heart, baby

And you should already know
Already know, already know
Said you should
Already know
Already know, already know

You have no idea (said you don't even know)

But you don't even know
Don't even know, know
I said you don't even know
Don't even know, know (said you don't even know)

You don't even know
You have no idea
You don't even know
You have no idea

You don't even know
You have no idea
You don't even know
You have no idea

You don't even know
You don't even know
You don't even know
You don't even know, know,know
You don't even know, know,know
You don't even know, know,know
Yeah
You don't even know
You don't even know

Overall Meaning

In the song "Don't You Know?" by The Internet, the lyrics detail the unrequited love of the singer towards their subject. The song starts off with a compliment; the singer thinks the other person is beautiful and makes their day brighter. The mere thought of them makes the singer feel alive. The singer confesses their attraction to the other person in the chorus, but laments that they are unaware of their feelings. They desire the other person's attention and embrace, but they remain unknown. The singer is convinced that they could never tell this person how they feel about them because they fear the other person might mistake them for crazy. The song ends with repetition that the other person doesn't even know.

The song infuses elements of R&B, soul, and funk, and uses the theme of unrequited love to explore the fear of rejection and the limbo of wanting to tell someone how you feel but not wanting to compromise a friendship. It's a relatable song for anyone who has experienced an unfulfilled crush.

Line by Line Meaning

You're beautiful
I think you're physically attractive

You brighten up my day
Being around you makes me happy

And when your skin touches mine
Physical touch with you gives me thrill

I get goosebumps right away
I'm very physically responsive to you

But you don't even know
You're not aware of my feelings for you

As usual
This is a common thing for me

I love your embrace
I find your hug comforting

I'm a fiend for your attention
I crave your attention

Yes I am baby
This is who I am

You have no idea
You're completely unaware of my feelings for you

If you only knew
If you were aware

How I look at you
The way I see you

You'd call me crazy
You might think I'm insane

But maybe it's you who
Maybe you're clueless too

Who hasn't a clue
Who doesn't know what's going on

And you should already know
You should be aware already

You're the reason
You're the cause

I'm singing this song
This is why I'm singing

When I say that
When I mean that

You're the beat in my heart, baby
You're the reason my heart beats

You don't even know
You're not aware

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Sydney Bennett, Matthew Martin, Patrick Paige, Tay Walker, Tradessa Willis, Trevon Trapper, Christopher Allan Smith

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

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Comments from YouTube:

@RAZ0RL0PEE

46w↑3.3K

i remember seeing an article talking about how science is becoming more inaccessible…and it was paywalled. speaks for itself.

@npxmnpxm

45w↑13

Do you work for free?

@oestergaard141

45w

@@npxmnpxmthis is not about working for free. But if we as a society did more into collectively funding research better, it could change. We do not invest in this as much anymore, instead for profit companies invest. What does for profit companies want? Return on Investment.

@huyanh995

45w↑164

@@npxmnpxmyou as the paper author won’t get a dime from it. Publishers eat them all.

@npxmnpxm

45w

@@huyanh995 stealing content will solve that?

@famulanrevengeance3044

45w

@@npxmnpxm Nobody wants to pay for this shit when there's no guarantee of service or quality. These memberships are terrible and you know it

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@ionicafardefrica

2y↑11.7K

whenever they ask me to log, bombard me with cookie disclaimers or complain about my add blocker I just ... move on to another site. Simple as that

@IBaitman

2y↑208

Same... Idk who would even waste their time on such bogus BS.

@cedricvillani8502

2y↑86

The sites that don’t try and ask your permission are often the most dangerous, and Cookies are Banned, but the Ban kept getting pushed, however there time is UP and the final date is Q2 of 2023, so all sites are trying to embed clear-pixels, gif-pixel, all manner of other ways to hook into your browser. There are a couple decent extensions for the lay-man like “Edit this Cookie 🍪 “, and “Stop the Madness”(Good for MacOS, Safari), another one called Forget Me. Either way every marketing company (Trillion Dollar business) is after whats called First-Data, which is why there are so many email sign-up requests and free stupid trials of garbage ware. Any Mac App that has ties to “MobTech” (check the privacy) is a huge danger ⚠️

@slipperyjohnson7016

2y↑63

LOL. That's what I do. If I wanna read that story I just google it and find it on a site that doesn't require a log in. If it's news it's everywhere.

@dabbopabblo

We don’t care about whether you stay or leave, the main goal is to get your email address so we can sell it. Your delusional if you think we are targeting the 98% of you with barely passing intelligence enough not to disclose it in the first place or just leave. Your not making some kind of statement they really don’t care about you

@dabbopabblo

@@cedricvillani8502your comment is a perfect example of someone not knowing what they are talking about at all but being confident enough to embarrass themselves. Cookies are not and will not be banned any time soon or in the far future. Cookies are literally the only way to keep a user securely logged into a website without violating their privacy by storing their password in plain text. What you are misunderstanding is how only the google browser is going to be removing ThirdParty cookies. Which are not the same as regular cookies. And you obviously think that’s a good thing but what you don’t realize is google is only doing this because they have created a proprietary technology that can track you 1000x better than third part cookies could and because it is proprietary by removing third party cookies they are making it so now they are the only company capable of tracking you and even better than they can before. This means one single company is allowed to know absolutely everything about you as an individual and the only way another company can advertise to you is by paying google for the knowledge they have on you since they will be the only ones capable of gathering it with such ease and for so many people. Google is reducing your privacy by removing third party cookies and normal cookies are NOT being removed. Also tracking pixels are an extremely old and archaic form of tracking that practically no modern website are implementing. Modern websites use server side fingerprinting mixed with client sent signals to fingerprint your identity across websites browsers and even when your not logged in and using an incognito tab the fingerprinting id generated for you will always remain the same and identify you with 99.5% accuracy

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@rick151

1y↑2.1K

I wish my memory was good enough to remember this when I run into one of these sites.

@ksarah1

You can create a Youtube folder "Internet hacks" for instance and save those kind of tip videos in it. 🤷‍♀️

@7riX7er

1y↑30

When u run into one of these sites remember behind the wall is something u definitely don't need to know about

@Russiandude212

1y↑38

Another trick that's easier to remember is to just copy and paste the url on Google Translate, then switch language to English.

@richardgrayson9934

52w↑18

Save it as a note so you can copy and paste.

@dylangeorge7956

52w↑1

same

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@driddlesd9363

46w↑426

I just take it as “well, they can suffer in silence and I’ll forget about wanting to read this in about 15 seconds”

@apalsnerg

1y↑768

In a lot of cases you can also just inspect element, disable that div, and remove the "overflow: hidden" in the style.

@truffliegg6662

1y↑49

A fellow web dev I see

@jmslazarus

1y↑54

i do this as well, if i care enough to read the article. most of the time I just close the tab though

@shadysaar

1y↑21

Can u make a video for that pls

@cjb8010

1y↑46

So well worded, informative, and crystal clear. Thank you for keeping jargon to a minimum.

@ummmmmf9712

@@shadysaarPress Ctrl+Shift+I or whatever methods to open the inspect element menu. Then, press Ctrl+Shift+C, click on the annoying interface element and delete it (press the DEL key or whatever methods). Afterward, press Ctrl+F, type in 'overflow: hidden', and if found (highlighted text), change it to 'overflow: scroll'.

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@wc7484

2y↑3.6K

I just ignore that website and put it on a blacklist. They can suffer the consequences of having a website with very little traffic.

@TheRealBatabii

2y↑186

This. Don't give them the attention at all.

@duck_entertainment

2y↑266

This is literally the equivalent of “I’m never coming to this store again”

@Baba-yv6ml

don't mess with me, I'll stop coming to your website and kill it 😈😈😈

@Vikanuck

2y↑155

The amount of power you seem to think you have in going to a website or not may be a little too self aggrandized…

@Kaleun14

2y↑58

@@Username-2 They are. Most modern newspapers are falling out of favor with the general public.

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@deluxeassortment

2y↑632

Another tip, most of these sites give you a couple free articles before forcing you to log in. You can just close the page, delete the site cookies, then go back to the site

@bonnieinla

2y↑7

whaaaat? seriously...thank you!!!

@sclogse1

2y↑5

Hmmmm...cookies...

@alamshar

2y↑17

That does not work

@Gavinmaster05

1y↑8

I do that for a lot of sites, best thing I’ve figured out.

@CooperF

1y↑1

⁠@@alamsharIt depends on the site. You could also try opening it in incognito mode.

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@the_oren_cohen

45w↑85

That’s assuming the article was once free and then put behind a paywall. It won’t work with articles that started as premium content and stayed as such until you found them.

@christine_notchristina

43w↑4

Oh okay, thats good to know. I was hoping I could use this trick to read academic acrticles...

@bonitchka

43w↑2

Yeah, that's probably what stopped this from working when I tried to read an article in The Atlantic just now.

@shawncarr8387

42w

@@christine_notchristinaThat was my first thought.

@DugrozReports

42w↑1

Tried just now, didn't work, so this makes sense

@theaccount628

41w

@@bonitchkano loss there. 😊The Atlantic rag isn’t worth your time to print out and line a birdcage with. Fake news.

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@BigSylvester

1y↑18

Thank god for India that we are not forced to pay or login for information. I just went on the site and I did get a prompt to pay 600 Indian Rupees for a yearly subscription which is like 7.23USD (Fairly reasonable I might add) but it came with a cross so that one could dismiss that prompt and the full length of article is open for reading.

@Jacob-bn9th

51w↑65

I normally just come back to youtube when that happens.

@sbffsbrarbrr

46w↑2

LOL...same.

@teerich2011

2y↑108

I forgot you can check archives. I learned this in a Cybersecurity research project to find old versions of an article and last website updates

@零云-u7e

1y↑78

I also hit the reader button on the right. Go to a Medium article and try that. It cuts all the garbage out and let's you read the article.

@adamsdimension

46w↑7

sadly doesnt work all the time but that is a good tip too to try at least.

@Romy---

45w

Doesn't work on every site.

@零云-u7e

45w↑1

@@Romy--- unfortunately. But I found out on Medium, if you're not fast enough, their crap will pop up in your face. In many cases, the load time is so bad, you can beat the lockout. Other cases, it will give you a partial.

@Tallness1000

29w↑1

This trick is literally going to make an effect on banking compliance on my next workday. Our clients thank you

@w33dOr

12w

Thanks for sharing, love it <3 I can still recommend everyone who has a few bucks to spend to support a newspaper website but with nowadays everything being behind paywalls you got to be insane paying for every single one!

@SkithTickler

2y↑241

I love you, Magic Internet Man. You're a real blessing in this digital age.

@alexmendez3681

2y↑5

I gotta say, that name is baddass, "Magic Internet Man"

@toperaheem

2y↑1

Magic Internet Man😂

@teshomesoressa2452

Most liked for sharing his knowledge, which most keep for themselves only.

@AvocadoLPD

2y↑1

I love you magic internet man!!

@deefee701

😂❤

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@ryg4895

2y↑164

Sometimes you can click the x to stop loading the page. That has often worked for me to read stories

@Wazupu

1y↑10

It was too fast. So I refreshed and then (x). Thank you for the great tip!

@redwood421

2y↑40

After learning this tip, I keep a bookmark for this archive site and bring up a tab right next to my news feed. It has come in so handy.

@Bashir_Kano

2y↑373

This is a premium tip. Thanks so much.

@EPA18

2y↑14

It doesn't work on other websites.

@hansmaulwurf1777

@@EPA18 I tried it even on a german website with paywall and it worked.

@LungYang

1y↑8

Doesn’t work

@robs1873

1y↑6

It definitely works

@qAnon118

1y↑4

doing this ruins things for everyone.

please, just move onto another website.

let these people learn from their mistakes.

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@sockmonkey4484

48w↑10

I added a browser add-on that lets meet toggle javascript on and off. Many of the login popups that block the page stop working when JS is disabled. Remember to toggle it back on when you’re finished reading.

@FrenchLib

14w↑1

Wow, it DOES WORK!!! Thanks a lot, Maaaaty! 😀

@alexanderalexander3147

2y↑260

You just keep taking me to school! I've been using windows since win3.1 and I feel like I have much to learn. Thank you. This is why I watch youtube!

@readmycomment4696

2y↑2

Oh wow I started using windows from 3.11.

@justinbeaver3

2y↑16

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

@owengames7567

2y↑8

I started at 1.00 on windows on MS-DOS

@rawbmar1166

2y↑1

@@justinbeaver3 Correct. Very wise words.

@danthor45

2y↑3

A smart man said once. The more you know about computers. The more you know about how less you know :D

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@therackstar

2y↑37

This one is great, saves from going to the wayback every time

@dianemoonstone4715

2y↑1

Agree. 😊

@See_thru_it_all

2y↑14

Some browsers have a READER built in, that will also let you read for free.

@skepticsr_us

2y↑3

It sometimes works but not always.

@grantroy5349

2y↑2

I have android phone not Apple

@lineriderrulz

@@grantroy5349firefox on android has reader mode. hasn't failed me yet

@devvilboyy676767

52w↑1

This works for the great majority. I use it to read NYT lol

@chrisrose_krii_lun_aus

Dude you're awesome. I thought I knew a lot of websites that did things that are handy but you take it to another level. Also keyboard commands I thought I knew a lot until I started watching you. Thank you for putting this all out there. You're the man.

@user-ry8og3tf4q

1y↑1

Bro got Easter Eggs in all his videos😂😂 not only giving us usefuls tips and tricks but a Lil message to have a giggle at the same time

@gennaroturco

2y↑6

Wow fantastic, I need this trick for the Italian news website

@faleru

True that

@KunjaBihariKrishna

2y↑17

This doesn't work with all websites though. There's a method where only snippets of the article are served up with javascript

@B3RyL

51w

If they are trying to protect their secrets that hard... just let them have their secrets. Some tombs are better left unexplored.

@Electronzap

2y↑70

That's a great tip. I just leave the site when it tells me to log in.

@caesaralkhalif

46w

HOLY SHIT!!!!! THANKS MAN!!! THE WORLD NEEDS MORE OF YOU!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@MrAndreCoutinho

46w↑16

On the MS Edge, I just turn on the reading mode, very clean and easy page to read. No paywall, no cookies disclaimer or complaints about my ad blocker. It works on the phone as well.

@Romy---

45w↑3

It doesn't work on all websites. There's when one newspaper website where this used to work, but then they must've changed something because it stopped working at all.

@sattelite7746

2y↑38

"How to erase fingerprints"
So relatable

@HandsomeBastard

2y↑1

Why, are you worried they find out about you touching your cat ?

@Minelaughter

@@HandsomeBastardno I was touching something I shouldn’t have been touching

@Minelaughter

@@HandsomeBastardsomeone*

@eveyd602

30w

@@Minelaughter hey Drake

@nekojosh

2y↑251

You could also disable JavaScript from running on that site and it will let you read the article

@4rc11

2y↑2

how?

@nekojosh

2y↑22

@@4rc11 depends on the browser. For chome if you click on the permissions icon next to the url in the address bar you can disable it for that site from that menu

@tubbunny

2y↑28

@@nekojosh Although this only works with some websites. Some websites may use JavaScript to "GET" the story from an API (so disabling will break the website).

@vivektam

1y↑1

@@tubbunny so we can takedown websites through browsers?!?😮

@eerietimes

@@vivektam disabling JavaScript only affects the message your computer is receiving, so it will only break the website for you

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@BOMBON187

2y↑5

There's no article that important to me to go through these steps.

@user-zc5ft9nw9b

35w

That is amazing, i am battling on a daily basis with the telegraph website, they have the most interesting articles but always prompting me to register to continue reading. So this is a REALLY big deal to me. Thanks.

@lscstudiosvb

45w

this is actually one of the best tips I've ever seen, thank you lol

@KunjaBihariKrishna

2y↑22

This seems better than deleting random elements like I usually do

@illitero

1y↑1

"behind the overlay" or a similar overlay killer is nice in avoiding moronic content obfuscation and/or click hijacking

@Ab.editz3607

2y↑162

Or just disable javascript and refresh the page

@kierviola2472

2y↑8

is this possible on mobile?

@felizcrazy

2y↑18

That doesn't always work.. actually I am trying to see a site I used to go all the times and now it says access denied.. I tried disabling Javascript and it only work for a short times and not everytime.. so I will try this archive trick..who knows..

@therealhussein

2y↑6

it sometimes breaks the website

@Freeknickers24

2y↑1

@@felizcrazydid it work bitch?

@pattyspanker8955

2y↑1

Stop sharing these secrets! Lol

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@TaxusBaccata-c4n

1y↑29

Every time I see the NYT, I just pass it by. You have to pay for a subscription to read anything. I can live without it.

@0xx0_Lester

43w

theyre capitalists ...

@chrisstromberg6527

39w

You don't have to pay for their site, you have to sign up with an email and you end up getting daily messages from them.

@leealvin

It does work! Just tried it for my local newspaper. Thanks tons for the tip!

@Justcanadianjanjan

43w

Nice!!! Sometimes I want to read something in a local city paper and I get that message so thank you for the tip! 🤘🏼👍🏼

@hak0bu

2y↑9

There is also another way if there is no archive for it, although doesn't always works and reworks a bit of trial and error. You just edit the HTML code though the Inspect feature.

Again, requires a bit of thinking, and is definitely tiresome, but worth it for those pesky little ones.

@cinamomocaderas2361

2y↑8

I just love my new sensai Matty McTech. I hope to be tech savvy like u!🤩

@krankenwagen855

1 : your a weeb, if you don’t know Japanese, don’t use it.
2 : can you not even get sensei right? Dumbass

@rbxfnfgaming

1y↑56

999 missed calls from the FBI

@Rachelmargaretten

39w

Yeah cuz why is he searching up how to erase fingerprints 😂 sus

@also3254

52w↑1

Oh my goodness!! I'm just coming across this today and it's amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

@satyaashokdowluri1129

36w

Thanks man! I have been looking for this for so long.

@rqxk

2y↑1.3K

"how to erase fingerprints"
bro is running from the fbi 💀💀

@WinterAsked

or he is planning a murder

@i0Z3R0

2y↑27

And he's getting more engagement + views

@I___Am

2y↑10

First, you need a hot pan.

@snuffles_au

it's 'cause he keeps fingering his damned screen lol

@frogz

2y↑10

@@I___Am cooking your fiingers doesnt help, fingerprints are still readable....dont ask me how i know...

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@tormaid42

2y↑23

You can also disable JavaScript on the page to bypass most article paywalls

@jkey3835

2y↑3

How ?

@CaptainAlliance

1y↑1

Yeah but then that disables most features and you can't even view the article.

@Doomy-zq7dt

1y↑10

For some you can press control A (or command A in Mac)and copy paste it into a document. This selects all the words in the article and copies them so you can paste them somewhere to read it

@slackerman9758

1y↑1

Or select “reader view”

@adityananda9126

Some sites do not allow copying

@workfromhome411_

46w

You are the best! It worked for me. I was trying to read a story and it kept kicking me out in 10 seconds telling me to signup. This worked 🙌

@barbiec4312

45w

I just tried this several times on a site and it worked! So happy.

@technicallytechnical1

1y↑7

Inspect element 🗿

@pencari17

50w

Nowadays usually the content isnt even there.

@kilgarragh

50w

ublock origin element zapper

@mjisurdad

2y↑4

12 foot ladder works too.

@Lorraine202

Unfortunately not on NYT anymore but it’s still very handy. Just search 12 ft ladder and it’s the io link

@cherkas009

46w↑6

All you have to do is read the article with another news source

@jt.xyzxyz

49w↑1

Holy crap this worked!!! Pulled up a wall street journal article I really wanted to read and tried this trick!! Sick life hack bro!! Thank you!!!!

@karlhinze

46w

Yep, worked for me too in The Telegraph here in the UK. And it’s so simple.

I love all these comments from people who think they’re clever coming up with “better” ways to get around it that are just far more complicated. 😄

@Volcano22207

43w↑1

A reminder for academic papers that the author gets pennies for it and the publisher gets the money , the original author sometimes needs to pay to view their own articles aswell

@Claudia-lq3ns

1y↑4

Solid tip. Wonder if it still works?

@jellybaby9630

52w↑4

Brick Layers Have No Fingerprints

@Cosper79

1y↑14

Even better tip: most articles behind pay walls aren't worth reading anyway.

@MagnumDB

Only works if the paywall is truly blocking the actual page with the article.

Websites like the Wall Street Journal are not just showing you only a portion of the article, it’s a page designed to ONLY have that bit of the article. When you pay for the article you are reading the full article on an entirely different page.

@victorquesada7530

25w

Thank you so much for sending this out to all of us!

@reggycide

1y↑26

another reason there is less quality journalism

@DookyButter

45w↑4

No one wants to pay for garbage journalism. 🤷‍♂️

@felixoupopote

43w

Akshully a lot of these newspapers fd themselves, with senior staff refusing to get with the Internet in the aughts... then they fired all their gen x staff and replaced them with brain damaged millennials to try to cut costs and here we are.

@StayMadNobodycares

2y↑33

if it asks that, or asks to turn off adblocker I just abandon it, They don't deserve my attention.

@Ben-io2vo

2y↑4

If a shop charged me to buy something from there, I simply walk away and find a different shop that doesn't charge me

@miloradvlaovic

@@Ben-io2vo false equivalence.

@catbranchman01

@@miloradvlaovichow is it false? Someone wrote that article, you think they’re not getting paid to do that by their employer?

@Volcano22207

43w

@@catbranchman01if it’s academic then yes they aren’t payed for it

@ronkirena_YT

41w

Finally your format allows me to follow. Previously too fast.😅

@Nani-yy3sn

43w↑2

OH GOD 🙏
Where were you all this time 😍
Thank you very much ❣️

@jessicam.8918

1y↑8

your 90th website gave me a virus

@maureen14

1y↑16

I just click on the writer's name and it brings me to their page with the article and no ads.

@ZakZ8915

2y↑4

The only guy with real useful tips.

@Elliandr

50w

That's certainly easier than what I've been doing. I go to browser settings, type "java" in the settings search, click javascript, add the offending URL to the blacklist, then refresh the page to read. Without javascript enabled for the site the paywall doesn't work, but I can't easily share it.

@lisaa6099

46w

Excellent-m gave u a thumbs up. Great work

@youraverageinternetuser8105

2y↑11

This guy rules the internet

@qasimarthuna9254

2y↑6

Sometimes opening web url into congnito mode works perfectly.

But yeah this can be an alternative for this.

@bayoushaolin4706

2y↑4

On your next one show us how to get unlimited money

@Talking__Ben

32w↑1

Ublock origin has an element blocker fwature that allows you to basically remove parts of the page like you can in inspect element. It can be used to bypass the paywall by just removing the paywall.

@tomatootamot

51w

Sometimes when I really need to read the article I press F12 and just delete the banner. Dont forget to change the page's "overflow" from "hidden" to "scroll".

@RandallChase1

1y↑4

We all just going to ignore that the other tab opened says “Easy way to erase Fingerprints” 😂😂😂 well played

@djsinkaz

2y↑11

Or just disable JavaScript in your browser settings. You can even just disable JavaScript for only that website so from that point on you won't have to do anything to read future articles.

@peterjohnson9438

In a lot of cases the article is snioped on the server end, so you can't read it even if you block the nags.
In many other instances the page simply won't display without JavaScript because it's built on dynamic page tech such as React and doesn't provide a fallback.

@KaizenEC

2y↑6

This is such an overpowered tip! Take that Forbes!

@alkh3myst

Forbes, The Economist, NYT, ad nauseam

@swissbrony23ch72

43w

Thank you so much! That's the most useful tip I've ever seen!

@soul_maestro

for some sites, removing the cookies for that site will also allow you to see (again) X articles for free.
or checking the print preview can sometimes also allow you to see the full page without the logon-mask or without paywall.

@evnsriram

2y↑5

I can't even remember how many websites I closed just for this reason! 😞 YouTube finally did something that is useful!!!

@catman2261

2y↑5

Holy shit. You're like a superhero.

@samdabeast3186

2y↑5

“Easy way to erase fingerprints” 😂

@matthewtalbot-paine7977

47w

You can also do this with f12 then find the elements that are being hidden or stopping you from scrolling

@Chuck8541

Another one they usually works is simply “reading mode” or “text only” view.

@harveytherobot

48w↑6

I get it, we can’t all afford to pay the prices for all these news services, but also this is how journalism dies. If you can afford it, then pay for it.

@KPzz00

48w↑3

If you call NYT journalism, then know that journalism is already dead

@Volcano22207

43w↑1

Academic papers are much worse since the publisher get the money not the author

@KPzz00

43w

@@Volcano22207 and instead, the publisher sometimes charges you a fee for submission.
Then they charge the subscriber a fee for reading it. That's in addition to blasting the reader with paid full-page ads from industry

@Woodraceteam

2y↑13

Is anyone gonna mention the other tab he had open?

@tonyravioli1982

Villain arch

@djicebreaker80

It was called easy to erase fingerprints

@samdabeast3186

2y↑4

nice

@veritysmart

43w

The other tip that sometimes works is to load the page, then turn off JavaScript, reload and the paywall disappears. This only works of course if it’s using JavaScript for the paywall.

@okuu_utsuho

36w↑1

But how about those homework websites that forces you to pay to see the whole answers? I’m tired of those greedy websites.

@R0T0RGUST

50w↑3

I would not try that hard to read anything from the New York Times.

@NA-vj8yr

1y↑31

Pro tip: Just stop reading the NYT.

@le_th_

47w

You're an amateur. Stop lying to people.

@navtektv

2y↑12

If only the New York Times was as legit as this dude.

@williamh4172

2y↑2

True that

@TrumpCantRead

If only you had facts, and backed your claims with them

@superduperD

omg this worked?!?! Even links to other articles will open in archive!?! thank you!

@sagew7377

It’s even more simple, refresh the page but push stop loading before the blocker pops up. Some of them still let you use Safari reader view too.

@nascardonuts

2y↑5

Or I just copy the title of the article. You can find the same article on different websites.

@sciencefun5482

2y↑4

delete it from the DOM then add overflow: scroll; to the css on the root tag

@xamsmmaxdus

50w↑5

It’s not about “logging in”, it’s about paying for journalism! Essential to a democracy!!

@loloverlord1664

50w↑6

You're technically right (although writing bullshit about the pretend lovelife of useless celebrities doesn't count as 'journalism').

@harveytherobot

48w

@@loloverlord1664 newspapers have always had this. They have news that’s important, but they also have a bunch of other content.

@SteichenFamily

48w

Journalists think trans people are really a different gender. I don't think idiots like that are helping democracy.

@JasonButler007

Or, just delete the overlay from the page code.

Just press ctrl+shift+i, then click on the elements selection tool (the arrow icon in the upper left of the box that opened after pressing ctrl+shift+i), then click on the paywall/login object to highlight the code for it, then press delete. Press ctrl+shift+i again to hide the dev tools box. Its easy.

@popixel

Here is another tip, you can also hit the "STOP" load button before the page finishes loading and you can read it.

@ferenc-x7p

38w↑1

People complain about the writers not getting paid? Well look at the customer perspective. Nearly every single site now wants me to pay a weekly or monthly fee and provide my email and location. Does any of them think we gonna do that with 100s of online newspapers?

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