Paywall-Free Reader

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Read premium articles with a clean layout, summarize with AI and save for later. Perfect for research, learning, and productivity.

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Description from store Tired of paywalls blocking your access to news and articles? Seamlessly access content across the web—including Open Access or archived versions when available. 💻 How It Works: Right-click on any link or anywhere on the page to open it with Read Without Limits. Or, click the extension icon for instant access. 🔑 Key Features: ✅ Bypass Paywalls – Unlock articles and news behind paywalls. ✅ Find Open Access Versions – If an article has an official free version, we’ll direct you to it. ✅ Distraction-Free Reading – No pop-ups, ads, or interruptions. ✅ Save articles for later and sync them across devices ✅ Get a personalized feed of premium articles ✅ AI-Powered Summaries – Generate an article based on the page content and related sources. 📝 Pro Tip: For the best results, use the extension on individual articles rather than homepage links. Enjoy seamless reading without limits! 🚀 Say goodbye to blocked content and hello to unlimited browsing! Install Paywall-Free Reader today and supercharge your productivity with our suite of tools. 🚀

Latest reviews

(2025-05-26) Phylip Rees: Suddenly not working at all. Tried on several sites and the message something went wrong if you are the owner check logs for more information. Uninstalled and re-installed and the application is still not functioning. It worked well until today.
(2025-05-17) Mursal Technologies: It works well!
(2025-05-17) mo om: Great extension! Works on most sites. When it doesn't work, you can ask them to help you find the article and they will help you. 5 stars just for the great support! Keep it up team.
(2025-04-29) Don Juan de McCarthy: Worked great for a while now this extension has been enshittified into some wannabe AI-powered wannabe reader tool that no longer actually removes paywalls. Devs, nobody want the 'features' you just added. Please revert it to just the paywall remover tool with an archive.net link generator included.
(2025-04-05) C: Thankfully, creator listened to my previously strongly worded language and AI is now optional. 6 stars with bonus for creator who listens!
(2025-04-03) Oliver C: A month or two ago it worked totally fine and well (I gave it a 5-star review) and then they did an update that made it stop working, now showing "error". I am trying to read https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/techflash/2015/01/massachusetts-womans-lawsuit-accuses-google-of.html. If it works totally fine and well, why would you waste time doing an update that actually breaks it? I just don't understand!
(2025-03-13) YTwatcher2024 (Nosneakers): Hi. Can you make this work with Patreon paywalls? Im trying to find a user script or at least extension that can help me unlock downloads without joining ridiculous month to month memberships myself. I would really appreciate anything you can do to help me get downloads I want from Patreon!
(2025-03-09) Steven Bourg: Does not work for The Atlantic. Removed from Chrome immediately. Gave 3 stars because I assume it does work on some sites but I have a feeling there are a lot of sites it doesn't work on. That's the nature of what we're trying to do here. I'll try another extension but may get similar results. I hate paywalls and I wish there was a better way of doing this.
(2025-02-27) Robbie Smith: Terrifically good extension.
(2025-02-21) hornswith: First time I tried to use it, a screen popped up with "Try my other extension" and "Buy Me a Coffee"... I'm not buying you anything until I see if it works. Didn't even get a chance to try it - blocked until you cough up $$... No thanks.
(2025-02-16) yuzuo meng: at least the articles i need to read are deblocked by this extension, good job!
(2025-02-11) Ray fermions: useless ，fake extention
(2025-02-10) Yash Arya: quite helpful
(2025-02-08) Genaro Shaffer: Works!!!
(2025-01-29) Ivan Nalivaiko: Not works
(2025-01-29) Chochi To: Doesn't work on the WSJ. Uninstalled quickly.
(2025-01-09) David Springer: It works on a fair amount of sites. If it doesn't work try clicking on the black extension icon and many times you can get the article that way as well.
(2025-01-04) Hsbsh Sbsbsh: Class extension, worked on everything I've used it on, works really well
(2024-12-12) Joel Wigton: Doesn't work on Seeking Alpha, NYT, Wired, or WSJ
(2024-11-22) Crit Van Der Knaap: Works great
(2024-11-04) L E: Doesn't work for local news sorry
(2024-10-21) K B: Works great for me! Using it for local news paper.
(2024-10-10) Luca H: Doesn't work.
(2024-10-08) Matthew Hustler: Does not work for NYT/The Athletic
(2024-10-06) Khalid A.mursal: Works great!
(2024-09-26) Jonko Petrov: Work as it should!
(2024-09-13) Elliot Scott Chan (Stpatricksch): works well with nytimes thanks
(2024-09-03) Juan Alberto Islas: works!
(2024-07-08) T Abdil: doesnt work for ny times
(2024-06-19) Steve Smith: Works great on my local newspaper's site!
(2024-05-07) Ty Mills: Doesn't work.
(2024-04-18) J: Coursehero access denied
(2024-03-26) Bio HW: it doesn't valid at wsj.com

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