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Comics Kingdom slams down the paywall
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Dave Van Domelen
May 13, 2022, 1:11:31 AM5/13/22
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Now you can view three strips, then it covers the strips with "Keep
Reading with Premium Access". However, the "Buy a Print" link still has the
full sized strip just displayed tiny, so you can right click to open in
another tab and see the full strip anyway...for now, at least.
Given how crappy Comics Kingdom's website has been over the years in
terms of breaking down and stuff, I'm not inclined to give them any money.
Dave Van Domelen, only follows four strips on CK anyway, even if they
plug the loophole.
Reading with Premium Access". However, the "Buy a Print" link still has the
full sized strip just displayed tiny, so you can right click to open in
another tab and see the full strip anyway...for now, at least.
Given how crappy Comics Kingdom's website has been over the years in
terms of breaking down and stuff, I'm not inclined to give them any money.
Dave Van Domelen, only follows four strips on CK anyway, even if they
plug the loophole.
Your Name
May 13, 2022, 1:50:44 AM5/13/22
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different random strips (same author and different authors). Maybe it's
because I use an ad-blocker with my browser.
Carl Fink
May 13, 2022, 12:51:58 PM5/13/22
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strip counter.
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Your Name
May 13, 2022, 6:08:02 PM5/13/22
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On 2022-05-13 16:51:56 +0000, Carl Fink said:
> On 2022-05-13, Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> On 2022-05-13 05:11:29 +0000, Dave Van Domelen said:
>>
>>> Now you can view three strips, then it covers the strips with "Keep
>>> Reading with Premium Access". However, the "Buy a Print" link still has the
>>> full sized strip just displayed tiny, so you can right click to open in
>>> another tab and see the full strip anyway...for now, at least.
>>>
>>> Given how crappy Comics Kingdom's website has been over the years in
>>> terms of breaking down and stuff, I'm not inclined to give them any money.
>>>
>>> Dave Van Domelen, only follows four strips on CK anyway, even if they
>>> plug the loophole.
>>
>> I'm not getting an paywall block. I've just visited about a dozen
>> different random strips (same author and different authors). Maybe it's
>> because I use an ad-blocker with my browser.
>
> There are reports that a mere private tab/incognito window can dodge the
> strip counter.
You could probably find the browser cookie and just delete it as well.
> On 2022-05-13, Your Name <Your...@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> On 2022-05-13 05:11:29 +0000, Dave Van Domelen said:
>>
>>> Now you can view three strips, then it covers the strips with "Keep
>>> Reading with Premium Access". However, the "Buy a Print" link still has the
>>> full sized strip just displayed tiny, so you can right click to open in
>>> another tab and see the full strip anyway...for now, at least.
>>>
>>> Given how crappy Comics Kingdom's website has been over the years in
>>> terms of breaking down and stuff, I'm not inclined to give them any money.
>>>
>>> Dave Van Domelen, only follows four strips on CK anyway, even if they
>>> plug the loophole.
>>
>> I'm not getting an paywall block. I've just visited about a dozen
>> different random strips (same author and different authors). Maybe it's
>> because I use an ad-blocker with my browser.
>
> There are reports that a mere private tab/incognito window can dodge the
> strip counter.
I do that with another website (Wired.com?? I can't remember now) that
tries to make you pay after reading a few articles for free ...
stupidly for them, the cookie uses the same name as the website, so it
is easily found and deleted when the page shows the "pay" message, and
then refreshing the page to read it all.
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