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Ask HN: What happened to bypass-paywalls-Chrome-clean?

• KaKi87 3y ago
  If someone is on Twitter, please ask them to consider hosting on an independent git host, like notabug.org
• EDM115 3y ago
  for anyone that wants the uBO list : https://termbin.com/75u3 https://termbin.com/75u3 it's version 3.6.3.2, where the last on the internet archive is 3.6.2.5
• hunggnuh85 3y ago
  Actually, just within today. I was still able to access the project several hours ago. The "filter version" is still alive: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filter...
• mikequinlan 3y ago
  https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean seems to be available again.
  • justinclift 3y ago
    Seems to be gone (again?) when checking just now.
    • dade_murphy 3y ago
      Found a copy here... https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_updates/releases https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_updates/releases
    • mikequinlan 3y ago
      Yes, and now the account is 'Blocked' instead of 'Private'. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40015961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40015961
• zerof1l 3y ago
  edit: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bpc-uploads/ https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bpc-uploads/ is down now as well. Here's a magnet link with all its contents magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7839e845f7965bed1035dc5d4635811d1ede73d2&dn=magnolia1234-bypass-paywalls-uploads-master
• MasterIQ 3y ago
  The user is reported to be blocked on GitLab. And whose Twitter page seems to exhibit unusual loading issue: HTTP 404 of certain sub-requests.
• hydrowater80 3y ago
  Anyone have suggestions for hosting the repo elsewhere?
• hexagonwin 3y ago
  Damn, this was pretty essential nowadays. Anyone able to contact the dev?
• swiftness427 3y ago
  @Magnolia1234B posted this on Twitter/X about an hour ago: Bypass Paywalls Clean blocked on GitLab: another day another DMCA takedown notice ... I'll consider later if I'm going to upload the code again on some GitHub alternative. For now update your extension/add-on manually (zip with latest extension versions): https://we.tl/t-ZHD2Ioi4aQ https://we.tl/t-ZHD2Ioi4aQ I downloaded the file and can confirm it is updated and working.
  • nometalgear 3y ago
    You still have the files? we transfer link is expired. Thanks a bunch
    • dade_murphy 3y ago
      https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_updates/releases https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_updates/releases
      • emacdona 3y ago
        Why doesn't this git repo contain any actual source code? Nor do the "src" archives on the download page (both contain a single, empty file). Yes, I realize I can unzip the xpi and see JS source. But... just curious.
• deleted 3y ago
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• EwanG 3y ago
  The last couple of versions I tried to download gave TROJAN warnings from MS Defender. I had created an issue on the project notifying the developer, and I understood he was changing things to not give a "false positive". Perhaps GitLab didn't think they were false positives?
• driftywinds 3y ago
  Dev updates expired links here: - https://twitter.com/Magnolia1234B/status/1779050596181438791 https://twitter.com/Magnolia1234B/status/1779050596181438791