The Free Internet Plugin - Removes paywalled stories from Google results

For the curious mind, there is more free content available on the internet than ever, and yet as internet users, we run into paywalls more often than ever before. With The Free Internet Plugin, we are giving people the option to choose what type of content is allowed and not allowed in their search results.

@davidsmooke Congratulations on the launch! This is the power I needed 🤩 I can save atleast an year of my life-time by not clicking on an article, and hit the return button in utter disappointment 😅

when we made the decision to hire @torbet - do we think that he would basically launch Hacker Noon first ever's OPEN SOURCE project that also is a 🖕🖕🖕 to paywalls everywhere by building it in 6 hours at the ripe old age of 17??? Absolutely we do 😂😂😂! Anyhow - here is why I think this would change so many lives: paywalls are not just annoying af and so disruptive to the UX of the people who need them the least, they actually only favor the well-offs aka a few rich bros in the West who can afford them! So - my hope is with this extension, a lot more people in areas where access and bandwidth are more limited, this would OPEN UP their access to content that 1. matter and 2. more importantly: FREE. Because the internet should be free and approachable and FOR the users, not against them. #freetheinternet !!!!

wow nice idea

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I'm so excited about this launch 🤩 It really sucks clicking on a story and discovering (too late) it's paywalled. This extension totally solves that problem. Great job @davidsmooke and Guy Torbet! 👏

for 3 years, I'm usually skipping paywalled articles. and I don't care about ... this is my vote

*holds up a BIG sign "Improvise, adapt, overcome"* Because heck yeah, we needed this <3

This was incredibly quick to download and simple to use. I tested it on sites with known paywalls and it worked flawlessly.

a fancy adblock? im down!!!