Paywalls have become part and parcel of the modern Web it seems. And despite helpful extensions like BPC, there are always many sites where one is constrained to compromise. Many sites also keep stuff like newsletters for subscribers only.

In this specific example, The Verge has launched two new variants and both are behind a paywall. Whilst the site itself works with BPC, is there a way to access the newsletters?

Of course, you might ask why I don't pay. It's because it's exceptionally hard. Ironically for a tech company, Verge took the nonsensical step of NOT having regional specific pricing. So, they are currently more expensive than YouTube, Play Pass and local newspaper subscription combined in my country.

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[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's no pirating directly from the source, but there's nothing stopping you from pooling cash from your buddies and setting up email forwarding.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And from there you can anonymously publish the newsletter archives for everyone. I agree there should be some kind of tracker for newsletter piracy though.

[–] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

If you do this, have three subscriptions and only publish if two of them are exactly the same.

[–] sakuragasaki46@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago

or making a mirror site