Find out more detail how people get to read all its wonderful online articles for free.
That include: Intelligencer, The Cut, Vulture, The Strategist, Curbed, and Grub Street.
It means you do not have to subscribe to enjoy unlimited access all its digital content.
This post is for informational purposes only.
I don't condone you to access New York Magazine illegally or unethically.
Bypassing paywalls can violate the terms of service of some websites, the Anti-circumvention provisions, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and Copyright infringement.
NOTE: This is NOT New York Times Magazine, it's New York Magazine!
Welcome to another helpful post from The DiGiztal Bypass Paywalls Tips series.
If I am not mistaken, currently New York Magazine site monthly free article limit is set to two only.
When you click the third article, you would come across this remarks:
You've reached your monthly article limit.
Continue reading your article with a New York subscription.
It means you have hit New York Magazine paywall.
To continue reading, you have to sign up for a New York subscription.
But if you just want to know how folks get past New York Magazine paywall, then let's find out together.
How to bypass New York Magazine paywall
- Add a dot after com
- Private browsing
- Archive.Today
- Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
- Textise
- Txtify.it
- Clear cookies and site data then press & hold down "Esc" key
- Facebook URL & hold down "Esc" key
- 12 Feet Ladder
- 13 Feet Ladder
- Hover Paywall extension
They have been using these workable ways to remove its paywall to read all its articles for free.
All the techniques below work with both Firefox and Chrome browsers.
1. Add a dot after the top-level domain .com
You add a dot after the top-level domain .com.
For example if you you want to read this article: "Is Amazon Turning into Temu?".
The article URL is:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/is-amazon-turning-into-temu.html
You add a dot after com.
So it looks like this:
https://nymag.com./intelligencer/article/is-amazon-turning-into-temu.html
For a clearer explanation, I highlighted the dot with yellow color.
Then you either press the "Enter" key or click the reload page icon (circular arrow symbol).
Instantly it remove New York Magazine paywall, and you can view the full story.
How does it work: Browser sees it as a different domain.
Technically the web browsers and cookies treat nymag.com and nymag.com. as different domains.
Even though they resolve to the same IP address (the same server), browsers often enforce strict rules about which domains can access which cookies.
When you add the dot, your browser sees it as a "new" domain for which it has no stored cookies from the original site.
These cookies stored in your browser are the ones that track how many articles you've read or if you're a subscriber.
Since the site can't find its tracking cookies for nymag.com., it treats you as a brand new visitor, thus it resets your free article count.
2. Private browsing
For Mozilla Firefox browser , it is called "Open New Link in New Private Window".
For Google Chrome browser, it is called "Open link in incognito window".
What you do is right click on the article title, a menu pops up.
If you are using Firefox, then click "Open New Link in Private Window".
If you are using Google Chrome, then click "Open link in incognito window".
It would open a new window with the full article without the blocking banner below.
How does it work: When you use Private or Incognito mode, your browser, it stops saving your browse history, site data, and most importantly, cookies.
Websites use these cookies to track how many free articles you've read and remember if you've visited before.
Since your private window doesn't load these cookies, the paywalled site won't recognize your past visits or article count.
It'll treat you as a brand-new user, thus it resets your free article limit for that session.
Once you close the private window, all that temporary data is deleted, leaving no trace.
3. Archive.Today
Firstly, you can check whether the particular article which you want to read has been archived.
If it has been archived, then you can read it right away.
This is what you do:
Go to Archive.Today site.
Scroll down a little, there is a black color box with the text: "I want to search the archive for saved snapshots".
Copy the article URL, by right clicking on the article title.
The context menu pops up, click the "Copy Link" (Firefox) or "Copy link address" (Chrome).
Now paste the article URL inside the space provided at the black box.
Then click the "search" button.
How does it work: It is not really bypassing paywalls per se, Archive.Today functions as an archival service.
It captures and stores snapshots of web pages when they are publicly available, much like a search engine's bot.
When you access an article through Archive.today, you're viewing this saved, static version, not the live page behind a paywall.
This process can bypass JavaScript tracking and cookie-based view limits because Archive.today operates independently of the original site's dynamic elements.
Find out more how to use Archive.Today to bypass paywalled articles for free.
4. Bypass Paywalls Clean extension
This popular paywall remover certainly can get through New York Magazine paywall, and many other websites.
Install the browser extension and you can read unlimited free articles of Grub Street, Vulture, The Cut, Intelligencer, Curb and The Strategist.
How does it work: This browser extension employs various techniques.
It can alter HTTP headers or impersonate different user agents to trick websites into granting access.
Another method involves accessing previously cached versions of the content.
Furthermore, it's capable of clearing or manipulating cookies that monitor your allotted free articles, and it can block the JavaScript or CSS responsible for displaying obstructive overlays.
For Firefox, refer to this tutorial: How to install Bypass Paywalls Clean extension for Firefox
For Chrome, refer to this tutorial: How to install Bypass Paywalls Clean for Chrome
5. Textise
A simple and easy way to read New York Magazine web articles for free.
But this method, you can view the full text article, but without pictures and links.
How does it work: When Textise is converting web pages into plain text, it manages to get through paywalls in a few ways:
It disable the JavaScript that triggers the pop-ups or blur content.
Likewise it also removes HTML/CSS overlays and other visual elements that hide content, because they're not part of the core text.
As the web page is processed on its own servers, the paywall could not get to your browser's cookies (which track your article count).
Refer to this tutorial, "How to bypass paywalls with Textise".
6. Txtify.it
This tool is similar to Textise, which it converts the webpage into a clean page with just the article in plain text.
It functions like Textise to get to the blocked articles.
For more info, read "How to get over paywalls with Txtify.it".
7. Clear cookies and data then press & hold down "Esc" key
Google Chrome Browser:
When you come to the blocked article, click "View Site Information" icon at the address bar.
A menu box pops up, click "Cookies and site data".
Another box appears, click "Manage on-device site data".
A bigger box pops up, click all the dump bin icon to remove it.
Then click the "Done" button.
Before you click the "Reload" button, place your finger on top the "Esc" key.
When you click the "Reload" button, and the page starts to appear, quickly press on the "Esc" key and hold it down for about 6 to 8 seconds.
Now you can view the full unblocked article.
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
The steps are similar to Chrome browser.
At the blocked article, click the encryption icon (padlock symbol) at the address bar.
A menu box pops up, click "Cookies and site data...
Click the "Remove" button.
Before you click the reload icon, get your finger ready to press on the "Esc" key.
When you click the "Reload" button, and the page starts to appear, quickly press on the "Esc" key and hold it down for about 6 to 8 seconds.
Let go of your finger, and you should see the complete article without the sing in/sign up remarks.
How does it work: When you clear your browser's cookies and data for a website, you are wiping away the site's memory of your past visits.
This tricks the website into thinking you're a new visitor, thus it resets your free article count on sites with limited free views.
Some paywalls used JavaScript to enforce the paywall or block the text, after the content has loaded.
So when you press and hold down the 'Esc' key at the precise moment the article content has loaded, but before the paywall JavaScript fully gets into action.
8. Facebook URL & hold down "Esc" key
Instead of clicking a link from Facebook, you can prepend the article's URL with this Facebook redirect URL(http://facebook.com/l.php?u=) followed by the actual article URL.
This method you also need to press and hold down the "Esc" key.
This is what you do:
Example the article URL is:
https://www.vulture.com/article/why-are-there-so-many-milf-movies-in-2024.html
Add this Facebook URL: https://facebook.com/l.php?u=, in front of the blocked article URL.
Now it looks like this:
https://facebook.com/l.php?u=https://www.vulture.com/article/why-are-there-so-many-milf-movies-in-2024.html
Press the "Enter" key, and this box pops up, prompting to leave Facebook and be taken to the article.
Before you click the blue color "Follow link" button, get ready to press and hold down the "Esc" key.
Just after you've clicked on the "Follow" link" button, as the article starts to reload, quickly press down the "Esc" key and hold it for about 8 seconds.
You should see the full unblocked article right there.
How does it work: When you click a link on Facebook, your browser sends a "referrer header" to the New York Magazine website, indicating that you came from Facebook.
Some paywalls are set to check this referrer header. If it detects that you came from Facebook (or Google search), it allows you to access.
When you press the 'Esc' key at the right moment, you are trying to stop the JavaScript from fully executing and covering the content.
9. 12 Feet Ladder
You can use this free online tool 12 Feet Ladder to get over this soft paywall.
How does it work: Mimic as search engine crawlers (like Googlebot) to trick its way into the locked content.
Possibly it also utilizes cached versions of web pages; where search engines often maintain caches of the pages they crawl.
12 feet Ladder could also remove JavaScript code or HTML elements that implement the paywall overlay or content blocking.
Read up this post for more info: "How to use 12ft ladder to remove paywalls".
10. 13 Feet Ladder
This tool is very similar to 12 Feet Ladder.
The procedures are the same, refer to "How to 13 Feet Ladder to bypass paywalls".
11. Hover Paywall extension
Download and install this free browser extension, and enabled the "Bypass Paywalls" settings.
Then you can have unlimited access to The Cut, Vulture, Intelligencer, Curbed, Grub Street content.
Refer to this Hover Paywall extension tip.
These are ways how people bypass New York Magazine paywall in order to read all its articles with subscribing.
NOTE: These methods may not involve direct hacking or unauthorized access, they can still violate anti-circumvention laws and terms of service. Consider using the legal and ethical ways to access paywalled web articles.
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DISCLAIMER: This post is for educational purposes only. It aims to help you better understand web technologies and digital security. It does not endorse breaking website rules or illegal activity. Use responsibly; the author is not liable for misuse or legal issues.