Is there another way to access articles and bypass the paywall?

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4. This is not perfect

But it works for many sites.

Install NoScript browser add-on for Mozilla and Waterfox. I'm not sure if there is a version or equivalent for Chrome based browsers.

Then you need to start experimenting. For most of the paywalled news sites you can get away with just not allowing the top-level domain ie https://www.nytimes.com/. Sometimes you will see photos, sometimes not but the text is still there.

I can view most of the 'big' news sites - NTY, WaPo, Vanity Fair, NY Mag etc I back up the NoScript settings regularly - it takes a long time to 'train' it they way you want.

Strangely, I've never been able to get around the Murdoch paywall. No tears are shed!