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);
        });
    }
})();

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!