this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
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Why? In their words:

The New York Times reports on stories all over the world, and our reporting is read by people around the world. Some readers choose to use Tor to access our journalism because they’re technically blocked from accessing our website; or because they worry about local network monitoring; or because they care about online privacy; or simply because that is the method that they prefer.

The benefit to you, o Western reader, is that you get to read the paper for free. No paywalls. Whether you respect the Times is irrelevant to this post. I'm only spreading awareness.

You will need Tor. Once you have it, their onion is found here:

https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion/

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay I thought it was a the onion service after reading the headline and was confused a bit

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can see how that'd be a little confusing, especially if you're just finding out about Tor lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought it was the dementor universe version of the Times where every article is rewritten as shameless satire and sarcasm.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hell, I'd very much prefer it!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The title would've been a lot clearer if it mentioned Tor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Several news outlets have something similar. The BBC has an Onion domain for example.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I did not know this. I never looked into it, mostly because the BBC isn't kept behind a paywall lol Makes sense, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used the .onion link using Onion Browser on iOS. The front page loaded fine, but articles were paywalled. This leads me to believe that it is not browsing through Tor that is allowing the paywall bypass, but rather something Tor Browser is doing.

One experiment might be to go to https://nytimes.com using Tor Browser and see if it also still bypasses the paywall. If my theory is correct, it just might…