muaveri@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow to get past a paywall to read an article ...lifehacker.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down17
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minus-squarebobs_monkey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 year agoUnfortunately, 12ft.io isn’t nearly as effective as it used to be, likely because sites have become wise to it and tweaked their methods
minus-squarebeckerist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoAnd other sites (like NY Times) have paid them to not be used on their site too. Archive.org still works for me
minus-squarewhats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNo, the sites just tell 12ft.oi to blacklist them and they do, there aren’t any wise tricks. We can only speculate whether 12ft.io is taking payments or are just afraid of getting sued.
Unfortunately, 12ft.io isn’t nearly as effective as it used to be, likely because sites have become wise to it and tweaked their methods
And other sites (like NY Times) have paid them to not be used on their site too. Archive.org still works for me
No, the sites just tell 12ft.oi to blacklist them and they do, there aren’t any wise tricks. We can only speculate whether 12ft.io is taking payments or are just afraid of getting sued.