Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall

Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall

Legally read news and research papers for free, on any device.

  • Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall
  • Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall
  • Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall
  • Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall
What is Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall?
Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall is a Chrome extension providing legal access to news articles and research papers free of paywalls. It searches online archives for free versions and connects you instantly, perfect for students, researchers, and news enthusiasts seeking knowledge without barriers.
Stats
Users: 40,000+
Rating: 3.55 (87)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-01-23)
Creation date: 2020-06-10
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
Size: 65.22K
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Summary

Spaywall News & Research is the original browser extension that helps you LEGALLY avoid paywalls by searching online archives and redirecting you to a paywall-free version. By pointing your browser to a different website, we are not bypassing or interfering with the paywall on the original article source in any way.

Researchers can also use Spaywall to download free versions of Open Access research papers and articles. Click to search our database of millions of legal, free, full-text scholarly articles and we'll redirect you to the PDF instantly. These Open Access articles are research papers that have been posted with the full permission of the authors and publishers involved. Save time avoiding paywalls and logins, great for students and academics!

Please Note: ✓ Spaywall can be used for 100% FREE, though the Free plan has limitations. ✓ Upgrading gives News junkies additional archive sources for even better news coverage. ✓ Upgrading also gives 24/7 All-Hours Access instead of limited to off-peak hours. ✓ Our algorithm strives to find an archived article that is paywall-free. It's pretty good, but it can never work on all articles. ✓ Because we are searching online archives for a paywall-free copy, an archived copy must already exist. That means articles may need to be a few days old for them to have been crawled by the archivers (though we have seen same-day news work many times!) ✓ If you frequent a particular news outlet, please consider directly supporting the journalism you love.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Access to paywalled articles
  • Consistent performance for some users
Cons
  • Unwanted pop-up ads
  • Does not work for some websites
  • Giant paywall for some users
Most mentioned
  • Does not work for The Wall Street Journal
  • Unwanted pop-up ads
  • Useless update
  • Worked for some news outlets
  • Easy to use and consistent performance
Recent reviews
AMAZING.
by Joel Derfner Joel Derfner, 2024-06-15

by Nouhaila __ Nouhaila __, 2024-05-19

by umesh kumar umesh kumar, 2024-05-16
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Safety
Risk impact

Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Spaywall News & Research - spay your paywall has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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