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13ft: Self-Hosted 12ft.io Alternative (github.com)

submitted 2 months ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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

The author moved the project to GitFlic: https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads

[-] 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

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

https://github.com/bpc-clone?tab=repositories

[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

[-] mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com 9 points 2 months ago

I just installed this a couple days ago and already used it twice. It's super easy and convenient.

[-] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

This is amazing!!

[-] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 0 points 2 months ago

What sites do you use it for?

[-] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Mostly some news sites I really don't want to support but want to see one article of

[-] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 3 points 2 months ago

I wish I had even half the braincells required to understand the installation for this.

[-] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Seems to have some severe bugs: https://github.com/wasi-master/13ft/issues

[-] xoggy@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Just a grammatical nitpick in the readme but as a compound adjective it would be 13-foot Ladder. "That ladder is 13 feet tall" vs "That is a 13-foot tall ladder".