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

1. Drag this "Remove Paywall" link onto your bookmarks bar
2. If the above link does not show, go here first

Method 2: Manually create new bookmark

1. Create a new bookmark using this code block:

javascript: (() => {
    window.open("https://12ft.io/" + window.location.href, "_self")
})();

Usage

1. Go to a URL with a paywall
2. 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