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Bypass Medium Paywall fork: do not redirect for free posts
// ==UserScript==
// @name Medium Paywall Bypass
// @namespace Violentmonkey Scripts
// @run-at document-start
// @match *://*.medium.com/*
// @match *://medium.com/*
// @match *://*/*
// @grant none
// @version 2.4
// @inject-into content
// @updateURL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mathix420/e0604ab0e916622972372711d2829555/raw/medium.user.js
// @downloadURL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mathix420/e0604ab0e916622972372711d2829555/raw/medium.user.js
// @website https://freedium.cfd
// @author Mathix420, ZhymabekRoman
// @description Don't forget to remove `@match` filters you don't want.
// ==/UserScript==
// initCall is telling us if we need to inject the title observer
function mediumRedirecter(initCall = false) {
if (
// Allow seeing original articles that were already redirected to freedium.
!window.location.href.endsWith('#bypass') &&
// Do not redirect when editing on medium.
!window.location.href.includes("/edit?source=") &&
// Detect if we are on a medium website (regardless of the domain)
document.head?.querySelector('meta[property="al:android:url"]')?.content?.includes('medium://p/') &&
// Do not redirect for free posts
document.querySelector('.meteredContent') != null
) {
window.location.href = 'https://freedium.cfd/' + window.location.href;
} else if (initCall && /(.*\.|^)medium\.com$/.test(window.location.host)) {
// Observe <title> changes
new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
// If title change is detected, check if a freedium redirect is required
if (mutations[0].target.textContent) mediumRedirecter();
}).observe(
document.querySelector('title'),
{ subtree: true, characterData: true, childList: true }
);
}
}
mediumRedirecter(true);
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