Fortune paywall workaround

Documenting sucks

Posted by Michael S on April 26, 2023

I literally spent more time publishing this article than I did actually getting around the paywall.

Paywall: 5 minutes, interested time.

Write-up and publication: 25 minutes, and I felt like I was slogging through mush nearly the entire time. Tedious.

Now I remember why I used to not record anything I did.

First, delete the following annoying subscribe offer

<div class="pn-offer-grid__body"></div>

Then, find this div element (inspect element or just search in console for .paywall)

<div style="filter: grayscale(0.5) blur(10px); z-index: -1; pointer-events: none; user-select: none;" class="paywall paywallActive"></div>

You can delete the class and the style quickly, and you're done. (The main thing you're deleting (the reason you're deleting these two attributes) is to get rid of the blur(10px). I guess you're also deleting the paywallActive class, so you can highlight text.)

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