These are the ones I use -

• archive.is/archive.ph the one mentioned in the main post and one that is most effective out of all the options

• 12ft Ladder - What I like about 12ft.io is that once it gets rid of the paywall, it makes sure the website stays as the mobile site (if you're using your phone), whilst archive.ph uses the desktop form by default. However, 12ft.io does not work as well as archive.ph

• Remove Paywall - Even more limited than 12ft.io, but it's another alternative. As the site says, make sure to add RemovePaywall.com/ ahead of the URL if you want to copy the unpaywalled link.

• Chip - The most limited option out of all four, I think. Another disadvantage is that I don't think you can copy the unpaywalled version's link, unlike the others.

There is also https://12ft.io/ as well as the “Bypass Paywalls” extension in Firefox

Archive.is is useful, for sure. Another option that I have used for a long time is BypassPaywalls. It works on Firefox, as well as Chromium based browsers. https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

Just as a side note (and I'm not advocating for anything, I just think it's good for people to think things through and have the full picture), the reason why many publications went to a subscription model is that so many people started using ad blockers. The publications have staff who want to be paid for the job they do, and other expenses like server infrastructure. They used to pay for all of that by selling ads on their sites, but then people found ways to avoid seeing ads, so the advertisers didn't want to pay for them anymore.

So the publications had a choice between shutting their doors or charging a subscription, and many chose the latter. Now people are using techniques like this to avoid the subscriptions. The publications will either have to figure out a more effective paywall, come up with a different business model, or go out of business.

On Firefox, usually reader mode ignores paywalls. It is also nice for showing pages in a standard format, ignoring the styles of the site, which is nice for sites with crap layouts.

Could you please add a "Why YSK:"? It's rule #2. Thank you. :)

I’ll also add a real simple first step: view in incognito. So many sites will show full article if viewed in incognito it’s always worth a try.

The paywall blocker in Unlock Origin is also quite efficient.

Great advice on archive, really smart work around

If you use uBlock Origin there is an option to toggle JavaScript. This should be sufficient for most of the articles

Also check out bypass paywalls clean for firefox. since installing, I haven't seen a single paywall.

A lot of articles load all of the content before the paywall, so another easy (but kind of scuffed) option is to just stop the page from loading after the content has loaded but before the paywall has

Nice Tip.

Reader view in mobile Safari often works. As does switching to a private window. Failing that Google usually has a cache if archive.is doesn't.

A lot of paywalls disappear when you turn off javascript. I use a plugin that adds a button to quickly toggle javascript for specific web pages. It works for a large percentage of paywalled articles. On the few paywalled sites where I actually use javascript, it is easy to just turn it back on again when needed. The plugin I use is JavaScript Switcher, but there are others out there.

Or you can also use google translate

Here's another alternative, I save the article into Pocket and that usually works.

Share2Archive https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navasgroup.share2archive&hl=en_US&gl=US is a handy Android app which adds a Share target to open the site in archive.today. It saves some time from copying/pasting the URL on mobile.

iOS users: add this shortcut to your share sheet and click on it when you encounter a paywall and itll open the archive link which lets you read and share the article without a paywall https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ede57eb29515446ab7cd68b5a8a6e311

Or use this Praxis Browser app in the same way but it wont let you share the article https://apps.apple.com/us/app/praxis-browser/id1598706451

Android users: this Web Archive Viewer app seems to do the same thing as the iOS shortcut but ive never used it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=web.archive.viewer

Firefox users on any platform: this extension opens the archived version of the article and lets you read or share the article without paywalls https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/archive-page/

The firefox extension can be used on android and ios as well (ios users can install it with the Orion web browser)

Bypass Paywalls Chrome is also an option. It can be used in Chrome or Edge.

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome