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heavenlywild

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#315258 26-Jun-2024 14:29

Looks like Stuff has just implemented a "login or don't see any articles" system just now.

That came out of the blue.

I went from the NZ Herald to Stuff because of the paywall. Now I might need to jump ship again to where I am not sure.

Update: The login request only shows up on my mobile, not on desktop. Interesting.

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#3253498 26-Jun-2024 14:42

When it does this on desktop, just open the same link in Incognito mode to bypass it..

heavenlywild

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#3253508 26-Jun-2024 15:09

Good tip with the incognito mode. Looks like this is the start of the beginning. More data mining!

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#3253509 26-Jun-2024 15:12

I have not seen this on mobile or desktop today. Are you using an Apple device? 😂

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#3253512 26-Jun-2024 15:20

Nope Android.

It's coming for all I suspect!

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#3253514 26-Jun-2024 15:22

It started witg the Quizzes.
Must've been a way of testing of the tech worked. Even on icognito mode it was needed to do the quizzes. I just stopped engaging.

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#3253518 26-Jun-2024 15:40

My ad blocker mostly does the trick for the quizzes (breaks the scroll bar, so I need to scroll down before the script loads), but if they end up making the whole site non-functional then I'll just stop doing the quiz.

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#3253521 26-Jun-2024 15:49

I did see the notification for a few days and you couldn't get past it but now the notification has an X at the top right so can just close it and carry on to the quiz.

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#3253522 26-Jun-2024 15:49

Clear site cookies fixes this.

No need to log in.

heavenlywild

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#3253524 26-Jun-2024 16:01

rscole86: Clear site cookies fixes this.

No need to log in.

Excellent, thanks. How long it will last that is the question.

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HelloThere

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#3253659 26-Jun-2024 20:51

heavenlywild: I went from the NZ Herald to Stuff because of the paywall.

Install FIrefox and bypass the paywall.

MikeFly

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#3253692 27-Jun-2024 04:56

HelloThere:
heavenlywild: I went from the NZ Herald to Stuff because of the paywall.

Install FIrefox and bypass the paywall.

Or Chrome or kiwibrowser on mobile

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#3253704 27-Jun-2024 07:55

Use Firefox mobile browser with adblock etc instead of the app

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#3253796 27-Jun-2024 13:04

No login request with Chrome on Android with my phone

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Jvipers2

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#3253817 27-Jun-2024 13:42

Yup...seen this happening this week...
Close window and open again...login notice gone until enough pages gets opened...

boosacnoodle

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#3253818 27-Jun-2024 13:45

Block cookies.

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