bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean/README.md
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Bypass Paywalls Clean for Firefox

Installation

You can install the add-on from Mozilla add-ons (AMO): Bypass Paywalls Clean
Or download and install the latest xpi-version from GitLab
By default BPC has limited permissions, but you can opt-in to enable custom sites (and also clear cookies/block general paywall-scripts for non-listed sites).

Update

Check for updates (in about:addons) and allow permissions for newly supported sites (else no update will be installed).

Android

On Android this add-on doesn't work with latest Firefox v84 (Fenix); it only supports a number of 'recommended' add-ons (for now).
Only from Firefox v85 you can install recommended add-ons via AMO - so no more need to add these to your custom add-on collection (see below).

BPC add-on works fine in Firefox Nightly, Fennec F-Droid or IceRaven though (when you load BPC from a custom add-on collection).
For Firefox Nightly or Fennec F-Droid (based on latest Firefox for Android) you have to make your own custom add-on collection (or use another that contains BPC).
Iceraven (Fenix fork) uses: What I want on Fenix
It has a custom add-ons account: 16201230 & collection: What-I-want-on-Fenix.
In IceRaven all add-ons are shown (with search option), but In Firefox Nightly and Fennec F-Droid only the first 50 add-ons are shown.
There you can use custom add-ons account: 15546469 & collection: Fenix.

PS on Android: enabling custom sites isn't working (no optional permissions).
Then you need the 'custom' add-on version (with access to all sites): Bypass Paywalls Clean (custom)

Chrome/Chromium

Visit the Chrome repository of Bypass Paywall Clean.

List of supported websites

* free articles only.

World news

First Things - Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - Harper's Magazine - Inkl - National Review - Newsweek - Reuters - Stratfor - The American Interest - The Atlantic - The Christian Science Monitor - The Nation - The New Republic - The New York Review of Books - The New York Times - The New Yorker - The Spectator USA - The Washington Post - Time Magazine - World Politics Review

Business

Adweek - American Affairs - American Banker - Barron's - Bloomberg - Business Insider - Digiday - Entrepreneur - Fortune - Harvard Business Review - Inc.com - Law.com* - MarketWatch - MIT Sloan Management Review - Modern Healthcare - Quartz* - Seeking Alpha - Stock News - The Business Journals - The Wall Street Journal

Tech/Science

360Dx - Chemical & Engineering News - Chronicle of Higher Education - Dark Reading - Discover Magazine - GenomeWeb - MIT Technology Review - National Geographic USA - Nautilus - Precision Oncology News - Scientific American* - Times Higher Education - Towards Data Science - VentureBeat - Wired

Encyclopedia/Book library/Knowledge base

BBC History Extra - Encyclopedia Britannica - Glassdoor - Loeb Classical Library - Philosophy Now - Quora - Scribd - Slader - Statista

Magazines/Blogs

Apollo Magazine - Atavist Magazine - Billboard - Commentary Magazine - Medium (for custom domains enable custom sites) - Rolling Stone - Slate - SofRep - Sports Illustrated - The Art Newspaper - The Athletic - The Daily Beast* - The New Atlantis - The Point Magazine - Vanity Fair - Variety - VeloNews

Local USA news

Crain's Chicago Business - Houston Chronicle - Los Angeles Business Journal - Los Angeles Times - Miami Herald - Mountain View Voice - New York Magazine (+ Curbed, Grub Street, The Cut & Vulture) - Newsday - Orange County Register - Palo Alto Online - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - San Diego Union Tribune - San Francisco Chronicle - Star Tribune - The Boston Globe - The Dallas Morning News - The Denver Post - The Mercury News - The Seattle Times - The Philadelphia Inquirer - Winston-Salem Journal

USA Today
Grouped in options:
Gannett Group (local USA Today) sites like (opt-in to custom sites) Detroit Free Press - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The Indianapolis Star - The Record (North Jersey)
McClatchy Group sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted) Belleville News-Democrat - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Lexington Herald-Leader - The Charlotte Observer - The Fresno Bee - The Kansas City Star - The News & Observer - The Sacramento Bee - The State - The Wichita Eagle - Tri-City Herald
Tribune Publishing Company sites like Baltimore Sun - Chicago Tribune - Daily Press - Hartford Courant - New York Daily News - Orlando Sentinel - SunSentinel - The Morning Call - The Virginian-Pilot

Canada

Financial Post - Le Devoir - National Post - The Globe and Mail - The Hill Times - The Logic
The Toronto Star and regional TorStar sites (grouped in options) like Niagara Falls Review - Peterborough Examiner - St. Catharines Standard - The Hamilton Spectator - Waterloo Region Record - Welland Tribune

Europe

EUobserver

United Kingdom/Ireland

Belfast Telegraph - Financial News - Financial Times - Irish Independent - London Review of Books - New Left Review - Prospect Magazine - The Athletic UK - The Economist - The Irish Times - The New Statesman - The Spectator - The Telegraph - The Times - The Times Literary Supplement

Denmark

Berlingske

Finland

Helsingin Sanomat
Alma Talent sites (grouped in options) like Arvopaperi - Kauppalehti - Markkinointi & Mainonta - Mediuutiset - Mikrobitti - Talouselämä - Tekniikka & Talous - Tivi - Uusi Suomi

France/Wallonia

Alternatives Economiques - Atlantico - Challenges - Charlie Hebdo - Esprit - L'Express - L'Obs - L'Oeil de la Photographie (fr/en) - L'Opinion - L'Usine Nouvelle - La Croix - La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest - La Tribune - Le Journal du Dimanche - Le Journal du Net - Le Parisien - Le Télégramme - Le Un - Les Échos - Libération* - Paris Match - Science & Vie - Sciences et Avenir - Sud Ouest - Valeurs Actuelles
Grouped in options:
Groupe EBRA sites like Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace - L'Alsace - L'Est Républicain - Le Bien Public - Le Dauphiné Libéré - Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire - Le Progrès - Le Républicain Lorrain - Vosges Matin
Groupe La Dépêche sites like Centre Presse - L'Indépendant - La Dépêche du Midi - La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées - Le Petit Bleu d'Agen - Midi Libre - Midi Olympique
Groupe Rossel sites (grouped in options) like L'Aisne nouvelle - L'Ardennais - L'Est-Éclair - L'Union - L'Écho - La Voix du Nord - Le Courrier picard - Le Soir - Libération Champagne - Nord Éclair - Paris Normandie - SudInfo

Germany/Austria

Augsburger Allgemeine - Berliner Zeitung - Cicero - Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten - Die Rheinpfalz - Die Zeit - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Freie Presse - Handelsblatt - Krautreporter.de - Kurier.at - Mitteldeutsche Zeitung - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung - Nordwest Zeitung - Piqd.de - Rhein-Zeitung - Ruhr Nachrichten - Sächsische Zeitung - Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag - Schweriner Volkszeitung - Süddeutsche Zeitung - WirtschaftsWoche
Grouped in options:
Funke Mediengruppe sites like Berliner Morgenpost - Braunschweiger Zeitung - Hamburger Abendblatt - Neue Ruhr Zeitung - Ostthüringer Zeitung - Thüringer Allgemeine - Thüringische Landeszeitung - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung - Westfalenpost - Westfälische Rundschau
Madsack Mediengruppe sites like (opt-in to custom sites for unlisted) Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung - Kieler Nachrichten - Leipziger Volkszeitung - Lübecker Nachrichten - Märkische Allgemeine - Neue Presse (Hannover) - Ostsee-Zeitung

Italy

Corriere Della Sera - Domani - GElocal.it - Il Fatto Quotidiano - Il Giorno - Il Manifesto - Il Resto del Carlino - Il Secolo XIX - La Nazione - La Nuova Sardegna - La Repubblica - La Stampa - Le Scienze - LimesOnline (it/en) - Quotidiano.net
Grouped in options:
Il Messaggero and regional sites like Corriere Adriatico - Il Gazzettino - Il Mattino - Quotidiano di Puglia

Netherlands/Flanders

Algemeen Dagblad and regional ADR sites (grouped in options) like BN DeStem - Brabants Dagblad - Eindhovens Dagblad - Gelderlander - PZC - Stentor - Tubantia
Dagblad van het Noorden - De Morgen - De Tijd - Financieele Dagblad - Follow the Money - Gazet van Antwerpen - Groene Amsterdammer - Humo.be - Knack.be - Leeuwarder Courant - Noordhollands Dagblad - NRC Handelsblad - Parool - Telegraaf - Trouw - Volkskrant

Portugal

Correio da Manhã - Observador

Russia

Republic.ru

Slovenia

Finance.si

Spain

ABC - Diario de Ibiza - Diario de Mallorca - El Confidencial - El Diario.es - El Español - El Mundo - El País - El Periódico de Catalunya - Expansión - Faro de Vigo - La Nueva España - La Provincia - La Vanguardia - Levante-EMV - Política Exterior
Grouped in options:
Grupo Vocento (ABC) regional sites like Diario Vasco - El Comercio - El Correo - El Diario Montañés - El Norte de Castilla - Hoy - Ideal - La Rioja - La Verdad - La Voz de Cádiz - Las Provincias - Sur

Sweden

Dagens Industri - Dagens Nyheter - NyTeknik

Switzerland

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Africa

Kenya

Daily Nation

Australia/New Zealand

Brisbane Times - Griffith Review - New Zealand Herald - The Age - The Australian Financial Review - The Saturday Paper - The Spectator Australia - The Sydney Morning Herald - The West Australian (+ regional) - WAtoday

> News Corp Australia (grouped in options)

Cairns Post - Geelong Advertiser - Gold Coast Bulletin - Herald Sun - Northern Territory News - The Advertiser/AdelaideNow - The Australian - The Courier-Mail - The Daily Telegraph - The Mercury Tasmania - The Weekly Times - Townsville Bulletin

> Financial

Eureka Report - Intelligent Investor

> Australian Community Media (daily, grouped in options)

Bendigo Advertiser - Central Western Daily - Daily Liberal - Illawarra Mercury - Newcastle Herald - The Advocate - The Border Mail - The Canberra Times - The Courier - The Daily Advertiser - The Examiner - The Northern Daily Leader - The Port Macquarie News - The Standard - Western Advocate

  • add to custom sites for unlisted & block general paywall-script Piano
> Australian Provincial Newspapers (all, grouped in options)

Bundaberg News Mail - Fraser Coast Chronicle - Gladstone Observer - Grafton Daily Examiner - Mackay Daily Mercury - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin - Sunshine Coast Daily - The Gympie Times - The Northern Star - The Queensland Times - Toowoomba Chronicle - Warwick Daily News

  • opt-in to custom sites for unlisted

East Asia

Asia Times - Caixin Global - CommonWealth Magazine Taiwan - Harvard Business Review Taiwan - Nikkei Asian Review - NK News* - South China Morning Post - Tech in Asia - The Diplomat - The Japan Times

India

Bloomberg Quint* - Business Standard - LiveMint - The Economic Times (ET Prime) - The Hindu - The Hindu BusinessLine - Times of India

Israel

Globes - Haaretz.co.il - Haaretz.com - The Jerusalem Post - The Marker

Lebanon

L'Orient-Le Jour

Latin America

Argentina

Ámbito - Clarín - La Nación

Brazil

Exame - Folha de S. Paulo - O Estado de S. Paulo - O Globo - Valor Econômico*

Chile

Diario Financiero - El Mercurio - El Mercurio de Valparaíso - La Estrella de Valparaíso - La Segunda - La Tercera

Mexico

Mexico News Daily

Peru

El Comercio - Gestión

* free articles only.

Sites with limited number of free articles

The free article limit can normally be bypassed by removing cookies for the site.
Click on the BPC-icon and then 'clear cookies'-button in the popup.
For user with the limited permissions BPC-version this will only work for supported sites; for other sites use:

  1. Install the add-on Cookie Remover.
  2. When coming across a paywall click the cookie icon to remove the cookies then refresh the page.

If removing the cookies works you can also add the site as a custom site.

New site requests

You can submit a request for a new website here.
Please read the following instructions and share your results for a quicker process.
Remember to check the previous requests before asking for a new website.

  1. Visit an article on the site you want to bypass the paywall for and copy the article title.
  2. Open up a new incognito window (Ctrl+Shift+P) and paste the article title into Google.
  3. Click on the same article from the Google search results page. Or you can:
  4. Disable javascript on the website by clicking the button right icon </> on the uBlock Origin panel.
  5. Refresh the page.

Add custom site

Add your own custom site (also for testing).
Check 'Options'-link in popup-menu and go to custom sites.
* by default BPC has limited permissions, but you can opt-in to enable custom sites (and also clear cookies for non-listed sites). You can also just request permissions for the custom sites you added yourself.

Make sure the (new) site is checked under Options (or check on/off-button).
By default sites' cookies/local storage are removed after page loads (to bypass article limit).
Also you can enable Googlebot user-agent, disable Javascript for (sub)domain(s)/external sources and/or set the referer (to Facebook, Google or Twitter; ignored when Googlebot is set).

PS on Android: enabling custom sites isn't working (no optional permissions).
Then you need the 'custom' add-on version (with access to all sites): Bypass Paywalls Clean (custom)

Add excluded site

Add excluded sites/domains (for your subscriptions).
You can also exclude a specific domain which is grouped in options.

Troubleshooting

Changelog-releases

License

Bypass Paywalls Clean is MIT-licensed.