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littlemissmartypants

(26,685 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 08:52 PM Jan 17

Pay wall removal is legit. Try it. Bookmark this and share, please. TY. ❤️

Search for archives or archive articles yourself!

1) All of the paywall removers in one place

Simply enter the URL of the article and click the archive buttons to remove any paywall.

https://www.archivebuttons.com/

2) Archive.today is a time capsule for web pages!

https://archive.ph/


It takes a 'snapshot' of a webpage that will always be online even if the original page disappears.

It saves a text and a graphical copy of the page for better accuracy and provides a short and reliable link to an unalterable record of any web page including those from Web 2.0 sites:

https://archive.ph/2020.04.21/https://rt.live/
https://archive.ph/2014.06.26/https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.1858563,96.8293918,366m/data=!3m1!1e3...

This can be useful if you want to take a 'snapshot' of a page which could change soon: price list, job offer, real estate listing, drunk blog post, ...

Saved pages will have no active elements and no scripts, so they keep you safe as they cannot have any popups or malware!

Search queries by example

microsoft.comfor snapshots from the host microsoft.com
*.microsoft.comfor snapshots from microsoft.com and all its subdomains (e.g. www.microsoft.com)
http://twitter.com/burgerkingfor snapshots from exact url (search is case-sensitive)
http://twitter.com/burg*for snapshots from urls starting with http://twitter.com/burg



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Pay wall removal is legit. Try it. Bookmark this and share, please. TY. ❤️ (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Jan 17 OP
Awesome! Thank you... Dem4life1970 Jan 17 #1
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #17
Very helpful! True Dough Jan 17 #2
Shhhhh! You'll blow our cover!! 🤫🤫🤫🤫 littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #18
Ha! True Dough Jan 18 #37
My spirit animal. ... littlemissmartypants Jan 18 #38
You let it all out, LMSP! True Dough Jan 18 #39
Ty! SheltieLover Jan 17 #3
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #19
Thanks, pants. That is very helpful. brer cat Jan 17 #4
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #20
Kick. Rec. Bookmark. Thanks, littlemissmartypants! Hekate Jan 17 #5
Saving those to my browser bookmarks. boonecreek Jan 17 #6
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #21
I ran into problems with archive.xx usonian Jan 17 #7
I don't have a clue... littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #16
It's great that you shared the info! usonian Jan 18 #34
Got it! Thanks! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 18 #35
I frequently am blocked at the archive site - trying to prove I'm a human. Probably all my privacy filters.... erronis Jan 19 #42
I don't know if it's the filters etc, on "our" end or the site reacting to the archive crawler. usonian Jan 19 #43
Thank you! Baitball Blogger Jan 17 #8
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #22
Thank you so much Picaro Jan 17 #9
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #23
Thank you! jmbar2 Jan 17 #10
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #24
Knr (can't Rec OPs on my android phone) for, thanks! UTUSN Jan 17 #11
Bookmarking. area51 Jan 17 #12
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #25
Thnx for the reference. I'd B.See Jan 17 #13
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 18 #36
Thanks for this... Blue_Tires Jan 17 #14
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #26
... C0RI0LANUS Jan 17 #15
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #27
In my bookmarks toolbar! I already had archive.ph and now added archivebuttons.com! LeftInTX Jan 17 #28
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #31
Thanks! Owl Jan 17 #29
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #32
Bookmarked. Thanks. Jim__ Jan 17 #30
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 17 #33
Wow! Wow! Wow! That is SUPER! Thank you so much! liberalla Jan 18 #40
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 18 #41
Kick Emile Jan 23 #44
Thank you. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 26 #47
Thank you! FM123 Jan 26 #45
My pleasure, FM123. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 26 #46
I've been using it for years. It usually works and curbs my profanity usuage when a paywall appears. Ping Tung Jan 26 #48
Post removed Post removed Jan 26 #49
Why are you spreading misinformation? ... littlemissmartypants Jan 26 #50
Thank you for this link. Autumn Jan 26 #51

True Dough

(21,772 posts)
2. Very helpful!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:02 PM
Jan 17

But, LMSP, do you have any resources to share that would help us hack in and collect the money charged by the paywall?

littlemissmartypants

(26,685 posts)
38. My spirit animal. ...
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 02:50 AM
Jan 18

A crying woman, because crying appears to be the one thing that is currently my most exceptional contribution to society.

True Dough

(21,772 posts)
39. You let it all out, LMSP!
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 07:23 AM
Jan 18

And remember that you're loved here!

Also remember that life is a rollercoaster. Better days are ahead. Oh yes they are!




Hekate

(96,157 posts)
5. Kick. Rec. Bookmark. Thanks, littlemissmartypants!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:16 PM
Jan 17

Pay wall removal is legit. Try it. Bookmark this and share, please. TY. ❤️

Search for archives or archive articles yourself!

1) All of the paywall removers in one place

Simply enter the URL of the article and click the archive buttons to remove any paywall.

https://www.archivebuttons.com/

2) Archive.today is a time capsule for web pages!

https://archive.ph/


It takes a 'snapshot' of a webpage that will always be online even if the original page disappears.

It saves a text and a graphical copy of the page for better accuracy and provides a short and reliable link to an unalterable record of any web page including those from Web 2.0 sites:

https://archive.ph/2020.04.21/https://rt.live/
https://archive.ph/2014.06.26/https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.1858563,96.8293918,366m/data=!3m1!1e3...

This can be useful if you want to take a 'snapshot' of a page which could change soon: price list, job offer, real estate listing, drunk blog post, ...

Saved pages will have no active elements and no scripts, so they keep you safe as they cannot have any popups or malware!

Search queries by example

microsoft.comfor snapshots from the host microsoft.com
*.microsoft.comfor snapshots from microsoft.com and all its subdomains (e.g. www.microsoft.com)
http://twitter.com/burgerkingfor snapshots from exact url (search is case-sensitive)
http://twitter.com/burg*for snapshots from urls starting with http://twitter.com/burg

usonian

(15,918 posts)
7. I ran into problems with archive.xx
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:20 PM
Jan 17

One site objected to its crawler (not me) probably because of traffic or some javascript quirk. Keep trying!

Archivebuttons has many options available.

One more thing. Sometimes, take the title of a paywalled article and search the web for it. Often, a paywalled article is syndicated at MSN or yahoo or other.

Happy paywall busting! They open up so google can index their sites and drive traffic, but close down for peeps. They want it both ways.


littlemissmartypants

(26,685 posts)
16. I don't have a clue...
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 11:22 PM
Jan 17

What you’re talking about. I have only run into one instance of not being able to find or create an archive and I have been using these links for years.

I got tired of sharing them individually every time someone complained about a pay wall. So, I made an OP.

But you rock on! Maybe I will come back and read this again and it will make sense to me eventually.

usonian

(15,918 posts)
34. It's great that you shared the info!
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 12:13 AM
Jan 18

I've been doing this so long that I run into the tough cases.

contact me when you run into problems.

AND THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS.

Bragging deleted.

erronis

(17,801 posts)
42. I frequently am blocked at the archive site - trying to prove I'm a human. Probably all my privacy filters....
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 07:55 AM
Jan 19

usonian

(15,918 posts)
43. I don't know if it's the filters etc, on "our" end or the site reacting to the archive crawler.
Sun Jan 19, 2025, 10:35 AM
Jan 19

Sites, including DU use cloudflare etc., which get antsy.

I really suspect it’s the target site, because I don’t think that the archive is doing it, but it’s to experiment and “ask the internet’”

That’s why I mentioned syndication. Sometimes, another site will syndicate the article.

The fact that in all these years of internet, we don’t have micropayments, only countless damn subscriptions (in my case ZERO of them) says something about the dinosaur brains making very unfriendly use of technology.

B.See

(4,455 posts)
13. Thnx for the reference. I'd
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 10:36 PM
Jan 17

used other methods to get around paywalls, but this is quite interesting.

LeftInTX

(32,328 posts)
28. In my bookmarks toolbar! I already had archive.ph and now added archivebuttons.com!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 11:31 PM
Jan 17

I'm constantly hitting paywalled articles, so I copy the article and go to archive.ph and paste it. If I didn't have the url's in my toolbar, I would constantly forgot them!

Ping Tung

(1,643 posts)
48. I've been using it for years. It usually works and curbs my profanity usuage when a paywall appears.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 02:12 PM
Jan 26

Response to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

littlemissmartypants

(26,685 posts)
50. Why are you spreading misinformation? ...
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 07:16 PM
Jan 26

Archiving is completely legal.


Here's another link that has all of the buttons in one place for anyone interested.

Except you, of course.

https://www.archivebuttons.com/

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