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> these features should be part of a browser extension

You mean like Bypass Paywall Clean?

https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean

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Does not work so well anymore. Better use a bookmarklet

javascript:location.href='https://archive.is/?run=1&url=%27+encodeURIComponent(documen...

Not sure what happened here but the end of that is chopped off. Trying to fix it:

  javascript:location.href='https://archive.is/?run=1&url=%27+encodeURIComponent(document.location.href)+%27'

Not sure this is a good solution considering archive's fuckery

What did archive do?

There's a few links in sibling comments. But basically they are collecting some identifying data to try to optimize load times, but if they don't get that data they just reject the request instead of allowing for longer load times. Archive promises that they throw away that data and aren't tracking users but I mean why rely on trust? And as others point out, there are weird aspects of the code too so even if you trust what about mistakes? And btw, it isn't just cloudflare that's affected.

that's the story Cloudflare wants you to buy.

Archive is intentionally violating copyright, and needs to know which country you're coming from, so they can serve you content from a country that isn't yours. they need that information to protect the service and keep it running.

I definitely am not buying that, especially since it isn't just Cloudflare users being affected, including Quad9, or the wiki[1] which claims the issue was resolved. Note that I can't reach them from cloudflare or even with mullvad's DNS. Not giving me faith tbh. See the linked thread and the links from there for more info[0]. And I trust Cloudflare way more than one guy who users are having difficulties with answering emails[2]. Sure, maybe he gets too many and is only one person, but that gives me less faith that things are being done correctly. Or see weird comments from this hn thread[3]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38171524

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today#Cloudflare_DNS_a...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/12trawt/has_an...

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37009598

This works quite well and probably covers 90% of my needs. For the other 10% I still use archive.today or 12ft (RIP).

It's a shame Google won't let this addon be in the store.

Is there a Firefox version?

https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea...

It used to be in mozillas addon store, but they removed it, so have to install via dev mode

Or you can load this uBO filterlist, which should basically do the same thing as the extension

    https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters/-/raw/main/bpc-paywall-filter.txt

That's why I like reading HN comments. Thanks for that filter link

No need for dev mode - signed XPIs are avaiable from releases: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea....

Ah you're right, I confused it with Chrome

You don't even need to install it, just add it as an import line to UO, Google how. Game changing.

What's UO? This would've been a great comment with a little more info :)

https://ublockorigin.com/

After install go to "Filter Lists" > Import ... > and add the url of the "list"... which is actually from a different repo: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filter...

Note: this apparently works for fewer sites than the linked extension.

Thank you for the insight. I usually hesitate to install add-ons, but now I can avoid that step entirely based on your advice.

> Note: this apparently works for fewer sites than the linked extension.

Still, this is great to know because it can then be used on Firefox mobile.

Addons are coming for firefox mobile. If you can't wait, you can install any addon you want with firefox nightly.

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