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misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days ago

News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline

www.theverge.com

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News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline

www.theverge.com

misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days ago
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12ft.io was taken offline on July 14th.

Paywalls blocked: https://archive.is/2025.07.17-182607/https://www.theverge.com/news/709209/news-media-alliance-12ft-io-takedown-paywall

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipM
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    There are open source alternatives:

    • https://github.com/everywall/ladder
    • https://github.com/wasi-master/13ft
    • https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/magnolia1234 (hosted on .ru site as it was DMCA’d on GitHub/GitLab)
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    archive.is probably next? It sounds like the same kind of tool.

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      There is ghostarchive.org, which can store web pages and videos. The downside is that it has a size limit. It also can’t store paywalled pages like archive.is

      Edit: There’s also megalodon.jp

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        The primary purpose of archive.is is to get around paywalls though. That’s the only thing I’ve ever seen it used for.

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          Well yes, although it is still a Web Archiver and also has the ability to store .onion websites

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            Interesting about .onion websites, thanks!

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      Fun read related to it: archive.today: On the trail of the mysterious guerrilla archivist of the Internet

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        Very interesting article, thanks! I had wondered about this. The whole thing sounds pretty mysterious. Who knows, it could be Meta behind the curtains, lol! They’ve been known to resort to piracy to feed their AI.

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    damn RIP that was a great tool

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