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[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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 points 2 months ago

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 points 2 months ago
[-] sag@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

It's not open source? Git repo just have Extensions binary file.

[-] wurstgulasch3000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yea I'm not gonna install binary extensions hosted on some Russian site

[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've never gotten even the original 12ft to work a single time. Bypass Paywalls Clean is the only thing that has worked for me incredibly consistently

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