How does this, (or 12ft.io for that matter) actually work? Client-side trickery? Magic cookies? Something like adblock?
EDIT: Apparently it just blocks JS and disguises itself as an SE crawler. This still doesn't work on sites like Bloomberg, and if I understand correctly nothing can be done there.
I use the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension in Firefox to access Bloomberg, among others. I had it installed before it got taken down, so be careful where you get it from nowadays.
Just a grammatical nitpick in the readme but as a compound adjective it would be 13-foot Ladder. "That ladder is 13 feet tall" vs "That is a 13-foot tall ladder".
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LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 2y
How does this, (or 12ft.io for that matter) actually work? Client-side trickery? Magic cookies? Something like adblock?
EDIT: Apparently it just blocks JS and disguises itself as an SE crawler. This still doesn't work on sites like Bloomberg, and if I understand correctly nothing can be done there.
EdyBolos@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
I use the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension in Firefox to access Bloomberg, among others. I had it installed before it got taken down, so be careful where you get it from nowadays.
rtdaly@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
The author moved the project to GitFlic: https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads
sag@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
It's not open source? Git repo just have Extensions binary file.
wurstgulasch3000@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yea I'm not gonna install binary extensions hosted on some Russian site
sag@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
https://github.com/bpc-clone?tab=repositories
parrotsdie@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 288d
@Sprunki This shows that the author is still actively managing the archive showing the project
mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com · 9 pts · 2y
I just installed this a couple days ago and already used it twice. It's super easy and convenient.
RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
This is amazing!!
GlenRambo@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 2y
What sites do you use it for?
RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
Mostly some news sites I really don't want to support but want to see one article of
worsedoughnut@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 2y
I wish I had even half the braincells required to understand the installation for this.
xoggy@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
Just a grammatical nitpick in the readme but as a compound adjective it would be 13-foot Ladder. "That ladder is 13 feet tall" vs "That is a 13-foot tall ladder".
KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Seems to have some severe bugs: https://github.com/wasi-master/13ft/issues