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NY Post Goes App-Only For iPad Users

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday June 19, 2011 @05:31AM from the jumping-through-hoops dept.

bfwebster writes "Browsing the web this morning, I discovered that the New York Post is blocking iPad users from reading its website via Safari. Instead, iPad users must download and use the NY Post App instead. That app previously required a paid subscription (which is one reason I didn't use it); however, the version I downloaded this morning isn't making any demands for payment. Yet."

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Not to worry... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · 2011-06-19 05:33 · Score: 5, Interesting

Just spoof the user-agent string...

Oh, wait. Sorry. Enjoy the walled garden!
Re:Alternate browsers available by assertation · 2011-06-19 06:26 · Score: 4, Interesting

I think the point was that people who use other systems don't have to keep reading about alternative software, hacks and jailbreaks to do what other people do. No disrespect.