These sites are able to bypass the paywall and give basic version of a page/article so that it can still be read. How do they bypass the paywall? Why can’t sites stop that from happening?
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internet archive relies on people with paid access to “screen shot” their unlocked pages; once saved it is made available to anyone.
other services use different workarounds to bypass website designs and paywall features by exploiting computer code
It doesn’t always work this way, but often paywalled sites want to show the full content to search engines to draw people in. This means you can sometimes bypass a paywall by accessing the site in a way that makes you appear to the site like a search engine rather than a human.
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