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Bypass Paywalls for Windows

  • Free
  • In English
  • V1.0
  • 4
  • (4)

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Exactly what it means with its name, Bypass Paywalls is an online utility app that lets you bypass paywalls that you may encounter while browsing online. Acting as a browser extension that you can easily toggle on and off, Bypass Paywalls by iamadamdev is a handy little tool if you’d like to do away with annoying paywalls that hinder you from accessing content that should be free for everyone in the first place. Take note, however, that using Bypass Paywalls will net some online revenue losses for the website it was used on, so you shouldn’t abuse it so much on your favorite site like you would an ad blocker.

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A paywall is a method of restricting access to content via online purchase or paid subscription. You’ll often see paywalls on sites for articles of whatever type—those for newspapers and academic journals being the most common. This is because sales in printed material had declined during the rise of the internet and so to make up for losses, the payment moved online, as well. Usually, this kind of thing isn’t too much of a problem since this is a legitimate way to earn money but some of the content blocked by paywalls are things that should actually be free to be accessed by anyone. Academic journals themselves can easily be procured from the original researchers—and they are willing to give them for free since the journal subscriptions and online libraries that have them often don’t pay them much for the journals anyways. If you’re a student on a tight budget, you’re most likely annoyed by paywalls at this point. There are tons of free materials online but some of the best works that you may desperately need for a project or report are locked behind these paywalls. Fortunately, paywall blockers like Bypass Paywalls are free to use. Just download it, enable Chrome’s Developer Mode for extensions, and drag the file folder to import Bypass Paywalls’ extension. It’s a bit of a hassle to use but will definitely work so you can get those hidden articles.

  • Pros

    • Easily gets past paywalls
    • Lightweight extension
    • Works for tons of sites
    • Can run during private browsing
  • Cons

    • Need to run Developer Mode
    • Pop-up warning sometimes keeps coming back
    • You’ll be logged out of sites you’ve checked
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App specs

  • License

    Free

  • Version

    1.0

  • Latest update

  • Platform

    Windows

  • Language

    English

  • Downloads

    2.3K

    Last month's downloads

    • 45
  • Size

    381.26 KB

  • Developer

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Bypass Paywalls for PC

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  • In English
  • V1.0
  • 4
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