12ft doesn't cut it anymore, any advice on getting past article paywalls
12ft doesn't cut it anymore, any advice on getting past article paywalls
Yeah 12ft doenst seem to work on any sites anymore. Does anyone have any alternatives that work? I'm already familiar with the airplane mode trick but that's not always fit for purpose.
Ah, navigating those paywalls can be tricky, especially when 12ft isn't cutting it. Have you tried using extensions like Unpaywall? They can be quite effective for accessing articles. Speaking of easy access, if you want to streamline how you manage your health expenses, don't forget you can register for MyWakeHealth to manage health bills. It’s a straightforward way to keep your healthcare finances in check!
I use this on Firefox Mobile and desktop and it works great
This is the way. They also have adblock lists you can add directly to ublock/adguard
Time to dig out that 14ft ladder
I just copy the link to archive.org and read the archived page
So this doesn't work for wallstreet Journal pages unfortunately but does work for Natgeo! Thank you!
That's one short ladder.
Bump for justice, ty
Try turning off JavaScript when ur faced with an overlaying paywall
Lots of sites just dont load anything w JS disabled. Nytimes for example
Yeah..that happens, but from my experience it works a lot of times
Add this to your custom filter list.
Bypass Paywalls Clean filter. Works for me with local papers and others like NYTimes etc.
Do I add this to my Pi-hole?
Eh, no.. I meant in the settings in uBlock Origin, which you would already have installed as an addon in your browser of choice. Choose open dashboard, it opens at filter lists and down the bottom is 'Import', just below 'Custom'. Add the url to import, it'll do its thing and you'll have a new entry in 'Custom'. Sorry, don't know much about Pi-Holes.
The archive sites work great, even for WSJ articles. I just checked after I saw your comment saying archive.ph doesn't work for WSJ articles, and it works fine for archiving WSJ articles.
It's cuts off the particular article I want to read, so seems like there is a word limit! Drat!
Simple filterlists, by definition, only work for a short time. Maybe a specific userscript can help. There are also Extensions, which redirect to articles about the same content to sites without paywall, like Unpaywall do, which is maybe the best option.
In Firefox, to use userscripts, you need to install first an Userscript Manage, like Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey, etc. which you find in the Mozilla Store. In Vivaldi it isn't needed, simply download the script to a folder (don't delete it) and drag it to the Extension Page in Developer mode in the Browser, to install it directly as an extension.
What is 12ft?
12ft.io is a website that allows you to bypass paywalls on websites. Specifically for articles/news. The idea being “show me a 10ft wall and I’ll build a 12ft ladder.” It worked well against a lot of article and news outlet paywalls originally, but as time has gone on more and more sites are starting to show up on it as unable to bypass.
I saw this advice on an IG post (https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxBpKwrSblD/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==).
This is for a desktop computer. I'm adding in the brackets what I believe are the actions they are taking in the IG video if you don't want to click the link:
"If you're on a website that's forcing you to log in, [right click over the article and select] Inspect Elements, highlight over [the page and select] Delete [and then select] Node."
I have not tried this myself. If you have clearer directions please reply to this comment!
This works for some sites, but honestly it's easier using the Firefox reading mode on those sites, it basically does the same thing. It only works if the page loads the full articles text behind the pay wall popup which unfortunately not many do.
This extension works pretty well https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome