As a data point, whatever ublock origin on firefox does to remove overlays and ads seems to be also removing the paywall on that. Indian domestic news websites are rife with the most cancerous and absurd ads so I've found they're a good test for ublock origin on firefox.

Wow you were right. That site in particular appears to have an infinite scroll of ads disguised as articles, nearly all of them with AI-generated images targetting the elderly.

It's a truly disgusting reality check to glimpse the internet as it is without uBlock every so often.