Free Premium TechInAsia

Remove 'paywalled' articles on TechInAsia

Free Premium TechInAsia - Remove 'paywalled' articles

Free Premium TechInAsia is a simple and user-friendly Chrome extension that allows you to remove 'paywalled' articles on TechInAsia. Access soft-paywalled articles effortlessly, both in English and Indonesian versions, and enhance your reading experience.

Extension stats

Users: 272
Rating: 4.25
(4)
Version: 4.0 (Last updated: 2024-02-20)
Creation date: 2022-09-23
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
Host permissions:
  • https://*.techinasia.com/*
Size: 19.25K

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Extension summary

A simple plugin which helps you to access soft-paywalled articles on TechInAsia, both for English and Indonesian versions.

Improvements for version v2:

  • Removing the hard prompt for paywall at the bottom of the page
  • Better detection of paywall tags
  • Fixing the broken content on the article due to lazy loading of the content.

Improvements for version v3:

  • Fixing the issue with the redundant requests on click
  • Enabling data unmasking for company pages
  • Update on context menu text

Improvements for version v4:

  • Fixing the unblocking issue which requires refreshing of the extension

With v3, you can now unblock the contents of a company page, where you can see the funding details, as well as email information, if there is any. Please note, as there is no way to replicate the styling, user of the extension accepts that although the shown data is retrieved properly, it will be shown in a different format than the site's own characteristic format.

User reviews

It worked! Just reload the premium article before you right click and use the "unlock TIA" ~ Thanks Deniz! Suggestion: perhaps remove the full name and just use TIA instead -- Free Premium TIA Articles or Free Premium Asia Tech Articles -- otherwise someone from TIA would notice. :)
by Unicorn nopia, 2024-02-27

I installed it and again it works once for the first article and it not able to unlock other. Still super cool stuff, thank you for making this and will be eagerly waiting for this issue to be fixed.
by Jatin Pawar, 2024-02-19

Hello downloaded and used, works well for the first time, then no more effect ever after, no longer working after first use
by ye hongzhi, 2024-02-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Free Premium TechInAsia requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Free Premium TechInAsia may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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