• • February 20, 2026 11:39 AM Can we read something that is not behind a paywall? • Clive Robinson • February 20, 2026 2:57 PM @ Who?, ALL, “Can we read something that is not behind a paywall?” Sadly the paywalls are going up faster than the fake-news AI sites. • And even site that were not paywalled are fetting paywalls because Advertising is not paying the bills any longer. • But neither link @Bruce gave stopped me getting to the full article when I clicked on them. • However when it does happen to me I’ve found that many paywalled sites allow you to see the report/article title, which you can then, 1, cut and past the title, 2, into DuckDuckGo search engine, 3, to get a link to the full article On the likes of msn.com news aggregation site. • cls • February 20, 2026 10:38 PM Can we read something that is not behind a paywall?

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  • Comments Who? • February 20, 2026 11:39 AM Can we read something that is not behind a paywall? Thanks. Clive Robinson • February 20, 2026 2:57 PM @ Who?, ALL, “Can we read something that is not behind a paywall?” Sadly the paywalls are going up faster than the fake-news AI sites. And even site that were not paywalled are fetting paywalls because Advertising is not paying the bills any longer. But neither link @Bruce gave stopped me getting to the full article when I clicked on them. However when it does happen to me I’ve found that many paywalled sites allow you to see the report/article title

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