Dwight Silverman
Here’s the Truth Behind the Biggest (and Dumbest) Battery Myths | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-improve-battery-life-tips-myths-smartphones/
Here’s the Truth Behind the Biggest (and Dumbest) Battery Myths

Yes, charging your phone overnight is bad for its battery. And no, you don’t need to turn off your device to give the battery a break. Here’s why.

WIRED
Oct 27, 2023 at 4:56pmMona for iPad
Show threadmx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)Oct 27, 2023
@dsilverman hi we tried to read this article but got about 4 tons of "you haven't paid enough to read this", please advise
Show threadDwight SilvermanOct 27, 2023

@atax1a Well, you could subscribe, particularly if you read many Wired articles. Supporting quality journalism is good.

But if you’re not down for that, there are also many, many, many ways to get around paywalls. I wrote about some of them.

https://dwightsilverman.com/2022/12/31/ads-overlays-and-paywalls-oh-my-how-to-get-around-the-webs-worst-annoyances/

Ads, overlays and paywalls, oh my! How to get around the web’s worst annoyances (updated x4)

Over the years, I’m assembled a toolkit of browser extensions and strategies that have made the web tolerable, allowing me to block overly intrusive ads, bust through overlays and scale paywalls.

The Workaround
Show threadmx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)Oct 27, 2023
@dsilverman fwiw it is bizarre that we got a "youve read too many free articles" message when we have read 0 articles on wired to our knowledge
Show threadDwight SilvermanOct 27, 2023
@atax1a Wired is a Condé Nast publication and it’s possible that going to any Conde site (such as Ars Technica) would count. But I am not sure. Anyway, I gave you some tools to try….