had a minor crisis when 12ft.io went down yesterday and thankfully it's back now but this seems like a good opportunity to compile a list of similar paywall-evading tools in case 12ft ever gets canned for real:
12ft.io: the legend himself. definitely my favorite of the bunch by virtue of being the easiest to use (and the easiest url to remember), but it's configured to disable paywall evasion for a handful of popular sites like the new york times, so you'll have to go elsewhere for those.
printfriendly: works great; never had any issues with removing paywalls, even on domains that don't work with 12ft.io. since this site is literally designed to make sites print-friendly, it might simplify the overall formatting of the page you're trying to access, which can be a good or bad thing. my only real issue is that the "element zapper" (which lets you remove content blocks from the print-friendly preview) is a little sensitive if you're browsing on a touchscreen device, which means you might accidentally delete a paragraph when you're just trying to scroll. but if that happens you can reload the page and it'll revert everything back to its original state.
fifteen feet: basically a 12ft clone, minus 12ft's restrictions. haven't used it much since I only discovered it yesterday in the wake of 12ft's 451 error but it seems to do the trick.
archive.today: an archival tool very similar to the wayback machine, but it also works as a de facto paywall removal tool. (the wayback machine seems to remove paywalls as well, but archive.today has better UX imo and is way faster to use.)
and an honorable mention for sci-hub: only works for scientific/academic journals, not random news articles, but the other sites listed above only work for random news articles and not academic publications so you gotta have this one in your toolbelt for full coverage. pubmed is your oyster.
For just $45.00 Original character, Gloomy, screen printed on a 50/50 cotton/poly blend crewneck sweatshirt! - Designed in Miami, FL by Luke Stuart。 - Produced in Miami。 - Photography by Alex Lopez and Luke Stuart。 Please machine wash on cold and keep him away from dryers to maintain print vibrancy。 This item is a pre-order! We will be attending AnimeNYC from November 16-18th, henceforth orders will be fulfilled in the couple of weeks following the event。
I’m on page 5! 🙆🏻♀️ Swipe for some process!
CAD model by Mugenjohncel on 3Dwarehouse.sketchup.com 🌱
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ChatGPT is running out of money because they haven't actually figured out how to make money with the plagiarism engine they created.
Like to charge, reblog to cast.
well anyway. the copyright system exists to commodify art and expression and process it into more money for larger companies, and it is actively detrimental to efforts for preservation, open education, and creation. everyone reading this is morally obligated to hoard and share data because we live in a world that is hostile to the idea that books or music or movies or scholarship have inherent value independent of a DRM stamp and ticket price. btw fuck hachette, harpercollins, wiley and penguin random house.
So I’ve sort of incidentally ended up making an album. Mot of the bulk of this (compositionally) has been completed for a while, but messing with levels and such for a while. I’m no professional so this is pretty lo-fi; made from my bedroom out of chance, but it’d be cool if some of you guys would check it out. There’s some love put into this for sure! Ah, and also: the last track happened totally incidentally; it isn’t masterpiece or something necessarily extraordinary or better than the others, but I had been contemplating “what’s missing… what’s missing…” for a while now, scrapping other songs and even thinking I wasn’t going to put out an album entirely because something just felt off. My buddy Mat and I were messing around at guitar center and as usually, I obsessively recorded the few bars of piano he played with me lightly playing rhythm guitar under. I think it’s one of those songs that isn’t the best on the album, but sort of makes the album, if that makes sense. Anyhow, thank you for the support always and I’m more than grateful if you even take a look at one of these songs!
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Guess I’m coloring this drawing again B ) I gotta work on some new art for my pals at @catchmeyesterday and my comic but I fell in love with this drawing’s facial expression and needed to change stuff. It’s silly to not make changes when I see where improvement can be made
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New song! Happy to have the backlog released *huffs*
ちょっとだけここにいる笑笑 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl_qK0Ol4DZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ki2wm9nwrc4g
For just $35.00 This is a fan art from Solanin, a manga by Inio Asano that changed my life forever. All shirts will come with a signed/numbered print of the same design. This design and the prints are limited to 15 qty. The prints/shirts will cease production once the 15 are sold out. Availability: 12 of 15 S: 3 of 4 M: 2 of 3 L: 4 of 4 XL: 3 of 4 Thank you to Connie, Audrey, and Alexander for being the first to support this design on Patreon!
I'm a self-educating amateur that wants to make stories. https://linktr.ee/sung4ji3 —————————————————————————————————————————————————— 21. He. Autistic, so let me know if I say/do anything weird/rude. I respond ASAIC. I want to have conversations with understanding, not arguing. I like asking nonpersonal questions, sorry if I get nosy.
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