Paywall Removal

paywallremoval.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Paywall removal
// @namespace    https://www.joshuapack.com
// @updateURL    https://gist.githubusercontent.com/joshuapack/b13eadb53dee68a4ac40984439e8cc9b/raw/paywallremoval.user.js
// @downloadURL  https://gist.githubusercontent.com/joshuapack/b13eadb53dee68a4ac40984439e8cc9b/raw/paywallremoval.user.js
// @version      0.1.18
// @description  I hate paywalls
// @author       Joshua Pack
// @match        https://*.forbes.com/*
// @match        https://*.latimes.com/*
// @match        https://*.thewebflash.com/*
// @match        https://*.charlotteobserver.com/*
// @match        https://*.businessinsider.com/*
// @match        https://*.usatoday.com/*
// @match        https://*.kbb.com/*
// @match        https://*.baltimoresun.com/*
// @match        https://*.washingtonpost.com/*
// @match        https://*.nytimes.com/*
// @match        https://*.annistonstar.com/*
// @match        https://*.wyomingnews.com/*
// @match        https://*.victoriaadvocate.com/*
// @match        https://*.heraldpalladium.com/*
// @match        https://*.miamiherald.com/*
// @match        https://*.metro.co.uk/*
// @match        https://*.telegraph.co.uk/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';
    function addJQuery(callback) {
        var script = document.createElement("script");
        script.setAttribute("src", "//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js");
        script.addEventListener('load', function() {
            var script = document.createElement("script");
            script.textContent = "window.jQ=jQuery.noConflict(true);(" + callback.toString() + ")();";
            document.body.appendChild(script);
        }, false);
        document.body.appendChild(script);
    }
    addJQuery(main);
    function main(loopAmount) {
        if (!loopAmount) loopAmount = 0;
        loopAmount++;
        if (loopAmount > 10) return;
        var $ = window.jQ;
        var currentHostname = window.location.hostname;

        $(document).ready(function() {
            let articleBody = '';
            // for https://www.forbes.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.forbes.com' || currentHostname == 'forbes.com') {
                $('#view-offer').hide();
                $('.tp-modal').hide();
                $('.tp-backdrop').hide();
                $('body').removeClass('adblock-on');
                $('body').removeClass('tp-modal-open');
            }
            // for https://www.latimes.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.latimes.com' || currentHostname == 'latimes.com') {
                $('.fc-ab-root').remove();
                $('.met-flyout').hide();
                $('body').css('overflow', 'auto');
                $('metering-modal').hide();
            }
            // for https://www.thewebflash.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.thewebflash.com' || currentHostname == 'thewebflash.com') {
                $('html').removeClass('swal2-shown');
                $('body').removeClass('swal2-shown');
                $('.swal2-container').remove();
            }
            // for https://www.charlotteobserver.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.charlotteobserver.com' || currentHostname == 'charlotteobserver.com') {
                $('body').removeClass('paywalled');
                $('body').css('overflow', 'auto');
                $('.fc-ab-root').remove();
            }
            // for https://www.businessinsider.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.businessinsider.com' || currentHostname == 'businessinsider.com') {
                $('body').removeClass('tp-modal-slide-up');
                $('body').removeClass('tp-modal-open');
                $('.tp-modal').remove();
                $('.tp-backdrop').remove();
                // thanks cmlock for the catch
                $('#piano-inline-content-wrapper').show();
            }
            // for https://www.usatoday.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.usatoday.com' || currentHostname == 'usatoday.com') {
                $('html').css('overflow-y', 'auto');
                $('body').css('overflow-y', 'auto');
                $("div[class^='sp_veil']").remove();
                $("div[class^='sp_message_container']").remove();
            }
            // for https://www.kbb.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.kbb.com' || currentHostname == 'kbb.com') {
                $(".whitelist-overlay-modal-background").remove();
                $('html').removeClass('whitelist-overlay-on');
            }
            // for https://www.baltimoresun.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.baltimoresun.com' || currentHostname == 'baltimoresun.com') {
                $('html').css('overflow', 'auto');
                $('body').css('overflow', 'auto');
                $(".meter-modal").remove();
                $("#zephr-overlay").remove();
            }
            // for https://www.washingtonpost.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.washingtonpost.com' || currentHostname == 'washingtonpost.com') {
                $('.paywall-overlay').hide();
                $('body').css('overflow', 'auto');
            }
            // for https://www.nytimes.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.nytimes.com' || currentHostname == 'nytimes.com') {
                $('#gateway-content').hide();
                $('.css-1bd8bfl').hide();
                $('.css-mcm29f').css('position', 'initial');
            }
            // for https://www.miamiherald.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.miamiherald.com' || currentHostname == 'miamiherald.com') {
                $('.fc-dialog-overlay').remove();
                $('.fc-dialog-container').remove();
                $('body').removeClass('paywalled');
                $('html').css('overflow', 'auto');
                $('body').css('overflow', 'auto');
            }
            // for https://metro.co.uk/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.metro.co.uk' || currentHostname == 'metro.co.uk') {
                $('[class*=overlay-]').remove();
                $('[class*=wrapper-]').remove();
                $('body').removeClass('mol-fe-ab-dialog');
            }
            // for https://telegraph.co.uk/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.telegraph.co.uk' || currentHostname == 'telegraph.co.uk') {
                $('.martech-modal-component-overlay').remove();
                $('html').removeClass('martech-overlay-not-visible articleRendererHTML logged-in--false is-subscriber--false app-tmg-subscriber--false');
                $('html').attr("style","overflow-y:auto !important");
            }
            // for any other possible websites with paywalls
            // if you find any of these are causing issues, you can comment it out below
            // or you can let me know and I can target specific websites instead
            if ($('.redacted-overlay').length) {
                $('#subscription-modal').remove();
                $('.modal-backdrop').remove();
                $('body').css('overflow', 'auto');
                $('.redacted-overlay').hide();
                $('.subscription-required').hide();
                $('.subscriber-only').hide();
            }

            setTimeout(function() { main(loopAmount); }, 1000);
        });
    }
})();

also here is another one that could use some clean up but it works for many local news papers such as annistonstar.com.

It will remove the nagging modal popup and both the redacted overly as well as un-hiding the article. It works on hundreds of local news paper sites:
annistonstar.com
wyomingnews.com/
victoriaadvocate.com
heraldpalladium
and hundreds more using that same subscription model

@vidpro2006 I went ahead and added it and added a wild card to all domains, hopefully it don't break anything (having the wild card, lol) 0.0

I ended up removing the wild card on the domains. It was causing more issues on websites I don't want it running on. So, I'm going to limit it to the websites we find, which I have included all we have so far.

Nice script @joshuapack! I too hate paywalls... and it looks like Business Insider updated their site to also hide the original content. Add $('#piano-inline-content-wrapper').show(); as shown below to bring it back:

            // for https://www.businessinsider.com/
            if (currentHostname == 'www.businessinsider.com' || currentHostname == 'businessinsider.com') {
                $('body').removeClass('tp-modal-slide-up');
                $('body').removeClass('tp-modal-open');
                $('.tp-modal').remove();
                $('.tp-backdrop').remove();
                $('#piano-inline-content-wrapper').show();
            }

Cheers!