It wasn’t a paywall or region block, it was a 404 error, ie a bad link. However it’s working now - on my PC anyway, it could be that some ad blocking on my phone did something weird and Google threw up a 404.
That doesn’t work for me either. It’s possibly a general phone thing, but I think more likely it’s my phone’s configuration. Privacy focused custom ROM, ad blocking DNS and a browser that does it’s thing also.
Five free ways around paywalls and region-blocking:
• archive.today — slow-loading, virtually unreadable without adblocker
• Ghostarchive — poor layout
• Google Cache — frequently fails, but captures video when it works
• Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) — slow-loading
• 12ft ladder — blocks access to most major newspapers
If there are other workarounds, please let me know.
It wasn’t a paywall or region block, it was a 404 error, ie a bad link. However it’s working now - on my PC anyway, it could be that some ad blocking on my phone did something weird and Google threw up a 404.
Edit: yep, works on my PC but not on my phone.
Maybe Google Cache links never work on phones?
Here’s another; plz let me know.
That doesn’t work for me either. It’s possibly a general phone thing, but I think more likely it’s my phone’s configuration. Privacy focused custom ROM, ad blocking DNS and a browser that does it’s thing also.
The original link actually worked just fine.
Thanks for checking it out (I’m not a smart phone guy).