TIL #12ft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12ft

I tried it with a couple of paywalled articles and it did NOT work for either. YMMV

Is there no alternative to #12ft ? most of US news sources are blocked on it. #askfedi @mastodonindians

In case anyone from #Seattle sees this, one of their new opinion writers is embarrassing themselves online (over a really unoriginal opinion piece IMO) and saying really eye arching things out loud 🤨

So here is a quick reminder that you can easily use 12ft.io to read the Seattle Times for free and not pay a cent for a subscription.

Because despite some good reporting, the SeaTimes is force for ill in the city of Seattle

#seattletimes #12ft #paywall

Found the link to #12ft's unpaywalled version of the #Atlantic article if you'd like to read it

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fpolitics%2Farchive%2F2023%2F06%2Fcnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump%2F674255%2F

#CNN CEO #ChrisLicht is fired after an embarassing #Atlantic article came out which barely anybody read because none of us pay for the #Atlantic and we're too lazy to use #12ft (and by "we" I mean "I")

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/07/cnn-ceo-chris-licht-out-after-trump-town-hall-atlantic-article.html

@schenklklopfer I would like to know why #12ft has been disabled for #NYTimes. Were they bullied by lawyers? If yes, on what basis? #askFedi #paywall #GoogleCache #law

@sushubh How did you get past that #paywall? I tried #12ft and it says 12ft is disabled for this site: https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2023%2F05%2F01%2Fbusiness%2Ffirst-republic-bank-jpmorgan.html

@mxtthxw I love how 12ft.io exploits the fact that #paywalls show full open versions of their content to #Google’s crawler. The paywalls want to be found in searches so they can effectively get their subscription ads into Google search results. 12ft.io elegantly uses their own abusive tricks against them. I wonder if #12ft.io can also be used when a non-paywall blocks Tor access.

I love how 12ft.io exploits the fact that #paywalls show full open versions of their content to #Google’s crawler. The paywalls want to be found in searches so they can effectively get their subscription ads into Google search results. 12ft.io elegantly uses their own abusive tricks against them. I wonder if #12ft.io can also be used when a non-paywall blocks Tor access.

#ZeitOnline scheint ihre #Paywall umstrukturiert zu haben. #12ft ladder ist nun gegenüber dieser beliebten Quelle ko.

Von nun an kostet guter Journalismus wieder was.

@donaristarco
Mann muss zwischen den "hartnäckigen #Cookiebanner - gib deine Daten oder zahl 3EUR/mtl" zB Golem und den Premium Inhalten wie zB Welt+ unterscheiden. #12ft.io entfernt bei mir viele dieser nervigen Cookiebanner.

Die Anbieter sollen Geld verdienen jedoch nicht auf kosten meiner #Privatsphäre. In Zeitungen/Zeitschriften erhält der Käufer A ja auch keine anderen Werbung als Käufer B.

Ich bin fein mit
Content statt User bezogene Werbung!

@Erdrandbewohner

Leider hinter der #paywall, wo auch #12ft nicht helfen kann...

Inhaltlich aber eine tolle und wichtige Sache.

#Zeitzeugen-Projekt Schüler auf den Spuren der Bergheimer #Juden
https://12ft.io/proxy?ref=&q=http://www.ksta.de/region/rhein-erft/bergheim/zeitzeugen-projekt-schueler-auf-den-spuren-der-bergheimer-juden-40005318

Looks like #12ft has been taken down.

Shame, [HN] outline.com seems to be offline

(And no, #12ft isn't quite a viable alternative, at least not on its own, as Outline also heavily cleaned up the formatting of sites.)

#Outline #OutlineCom