12ft.io Remove Paywall Bookmarklet
A simple bookmarklet to remove a paywall from an URL.
Description
This bookmarklet does the following:
- Takes the URL in the current window
- Prepends “https://12ft.io” to the URL
- Opens it in the same window – and with the paywall removed from the page
Warning: The page will be modified by 12ft.io. I am not familiar with the data collection policy from 12ft.io. Use at your own discretion.
Getting Started
Dependencies
- Any modern browser (i.e. Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Safari)
Installation
Method 1: Click and drag
- Drag this “Remove Paywall” link onto your bookmarks bar
- If the above link does not show, go here first
Method 2: Manually create new bookmark
- Create a new bookmark using this code block:
javascript: (() => {
window.open("https://12ft.io/" + window.location.href, "_self")
})();
Usage
- Go to a URL with a paywall
- Click on the bookmarklet
Authors
Kevin Yuan - @kevyuan
License
Distributed under the MIT License. See the ‘LICENSE’ for more information.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to 12ft.io for providing the service