Update (2014/04/01): This doesn’t seem to work anymore, check out this updated post, or see comments….
I’m not a big fan of advertisements. I’m also not a big fan of paywalls. Seeing as I do want companies to make money from their content, I’m a horrible person for finding ways around both these things. I’m worse because I’m sharing.
AdBlock for Google Chrome does a great job at removing ads from everything. However, the Onion paywall is still a problem. I’m also worried about how Canadian newspapers are about to begin paywalls. I had a workaround to The Onion’s paywall, that worked well, until a few months ago. With some Googling I finally found a solution. Once AdBlock is installed, click on the Adblock icon and choose Options. Click Customize, and click edit beside the manual section. Paste the following in and save.
##div[style*=”background-image”][style*=”width: 100%”]
##img[src=”http://s.ppjol.net/static/fb/fancy_close.png”]
##a[id=”gregbox-signInTab”]
##div[id=”gregbox-outer”]
Hey I really appreciate you posting this! It’s really helpful. Onion needs to find a different way to monetize their site. Paywalling is bullshit.
Hey, thank you for this, very much appreciated. It worked beautifully.
This isn’t working. Has something changed?
You’re right Warren,
Try this:
theonion.com##div[style*=”background-image”][style*=”width: 100%”]
##img[src=”http://s.ppjol.net/static/fb/fancy_close.png”]
##a[id=”gregbox-signInTab”]
##div[id=”gregbox-outer”]
http://www.theonion.com##IFRAME%5Bid=“ppUI”][src=”https://ui.ppjol.com/lightbox/lightbox_ui.html?start”]
http://www.theonion.com##DIV%5Bid=“pressplusOverlay”]
not working too
also not working for me