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How to defeat the Journal Star’s pay wall in 5 incredibly easy steps

I am repeating this as a public service. Enjoy.

MY TWO CENTS: I feel kinda bad about doing this. But I’m completing against them. And It’s easy to complete when they charge $6.99 a month and I charge $3. But it’s not hard when the security is SOOOOOOOO easy to get around. So, I’m going to promote the HELL out of the work around in hopes that GateHouse changes it.

Here ya go:

1. Go to the main PJStar.com page.

2. Click on a link. Any link. THIS ONE will do.

3. Immediately hover your mouse arrow above the stop/refresh button in your browser.

4. As soon as the words to the article are rendered, click the stop/refresh button.

5. And there it is: A fully-loaded article that you are supposed to be paying $6.99 to read — for free on your computer.

And this work-around doesn’t work on my site. You’ve got to actually cough up the $3.

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2 Responses to “How to defeat the Journal Star’s pay wall in 5 incredibly easy steps”

  1. Ramble On says:
    May 30, 2012 at 8:02 pm

    I was going to try it, but there was nothing I wanted to read.

  2. Elaine Hopkins says:
    June 1, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    I don’t need this since I subscribe to the print PJS edition, which always has something worth reading. A lot more than the website has. The print edition includes access to the website and now the e-edition, which I hate reading on a screen.

    However — if you want to defeat the New York Times paywall, here’s how:

    Google NYClean. Follow the instructions.

    Is this ethical? The NY Times, like the PJStar, is profitable, and the internet money is just gravy for them. I would prefer to give the money to a good political candidate who will regulate Wall Street.