lol yeah, it’s not a conspiracy, but paywalls are designed to stop exactly what you’re trying to do. The python article download doesn’t download paid articles because it’s not handling the paywall’s JS or cookies.
If you’re serious about bypassing (hypothetically, ofc), look into requests-html or BeautifulSoup with session handling. But fair warning, it’s a rabbit hole.
If you’re serious about bypassing (hypothetically, ofc), look into requests-html or BeautifulSoup with session handling. But fair warning, it’s a rabbit hole.