[Hack] Free Access to SMH, WA Today, The Age, Canberra Times Online (New Beta Version)

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Run out of your free articles for the month? The SMH. WA Today, The Age and Canberra Times all have new beta sites where you can access the newspaper for free (I don't think there are article limits).

Sydney Morning. Herald - beta.smh.com.au
WA Today - beta.watoday.com.au
The Age - beta.theage.com.au
Canberra Times beta.canberratimes.com.au

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  • +2

    Always just been deleting cookies once I have reached the limit.

    • +5

      Or yu can read in incognito mode. Nothing tracked locally.

  • Can always use Brisbane Times for most of their key stories too

  • +2

    or incognito mode on desktop (isnt that what its for :P)

  • +1

    I just search the story I can't read on google and 95% of the time some other paper has the same story :)

    • +1

      That's my usual trick too. I found this beta version is a bit less labour intensive!

      • yeah it gets a bit annoying sometimes

  • +3

    There is also an extension for Chrome to work around The Age (easier than clearing cookies or using Incognito)

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-age-paywall-by…

  • I read WAToday every day for free. I've never encountered article limits. It's always been totally free for me.

    • same. I remember perthnow having a limit and making me login to see articles - never visited that site again

      • Yep, but I've noticed in the past few weeks that there is no longer a limit with PerthNow anymore. Might be worth checking them out again.

  • +1

    Add this ||fairfax.com.au^ to your adblock filter.

    • FTFY

      fairfax.com.au^

  • -3

    Fairfax is click bait heaven. Wouldn't even bother with free.

  • +1

    I just refresh and then hit 'esc' just as the page has loaded before the alert blacks everything out.

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