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Hacker News Anti-Paywall

• sylware 1y ago
  We need a similar anti-javascript-only-wall.
  • johnea 1y ago
    Yes, Yes, I'm with you on this one! Maybe a modification of the posted script to do both...
    • sylware 1y ago
      The hard part is to detect if the javascript is actually required to access the content. Because many pages have javascript but it is optional (as it should be...)
• washmyelbows 1y ago
  12ft.io seemed to stop being useful almost immediately after gaining any amount of popularity
  • mystified5016 1y ago
    I heard of it on HN that one time and it has never once done anything useful for me
• aspenmayer 1y ago
  > Updated Nov 29, 2022 > The paywall list is taken from the following URL. At first, I was mindfully fetching the list, but then I just manually inserted the list, way simpler this way. I don't know why you would use this instead of the project it is based on, bypass paywalls clean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass_Paywalls_Clean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass_Paywalls_Clean
• burnt-resistor 1y ago
  It's far too narrowly provincial. Just use a browser extension for archive.today. Easy button and more versatile.