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littlemissmartypants

(31,446 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 08:52 PM Jan 2025

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 2025 OP
Awesome! Thank you... Dem4life1970 Jan 2025 #1
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #17
Very helpful! True Dough Jan 2025 #2
Shhhhh! You'll blow our cover!! 🤫🤫🤫🤫 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #18
Ha! True Dough Jan 2025 #37
My spirit animal. ... littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #38
You let it all out, LMSP! True Dough Jan 2025 #39
Ty! SheltieLover Jan 2025 #3
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #19
Thanks, pants. That is very helpful. brer cat Jan 2025 #4
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #20
Kick. Rec. Bookmark. Thanks, littlemissmartypants! Hekate Jan 2025 #5
Saving those to my browser bookmarks. boonecreek Jan 2025 #6
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #21
I ran into problems with archive.xx usonian Jan 2025 #7
I don't have a clue... littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #16
It's great that you shared the info! usonian Jan 2025 #34
Got it! Thanks! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #35
I frequently am blocked at the archive site - trying to prove I'm a human. Probably all my privacy filters.... erronis Jan 2025 #42
I don't know if it's the filters etc, on "our" end or the site reacting to the archive crawler. usonian Jan 2025 #43
Thank you! Baitball Blogger Jan 2025 #8
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #22
Thank you so much Picaro Jan 2025 #9
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Thank you! jmbar2 Jan 2025 #10
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #24
Knr (can't Rec OPs on my android phone) for, thanks! UTUSN Jan 2025 #11
Bookmarking. area51 Jan 2025 #12
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #25
Thnx for the reference. I'd B.See Jan 2025 #13
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #36
Thanks for this... Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #14
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #26
... C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 #15
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #27
In my bookmarks toolbar! I already had archive.ph and now added archivebuttons.com! LeftInTX Jan 2025 #28
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #31
Thanks! Owl Jan 2025 #29
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #32
Bookmarked. Thanks. Jim__ Jan 2025 #30
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #33
Wow! Wow! Wow! That is SUPER! Thank you so much! liberalla Jan 2025 #40
❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #41
Kick Emile Jan 2025 #44
Thank you. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #47
Thank you! FM123 Jan 2025 #45
My pleasure, FM123. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #46
I've been using it for years. It usually works and curbs my profanity usuage when a paywall appears. Ping Tung Jan 2025 #48
Post removed Post removed Jan 2025 #49
Why are you spreading misinformation? ... littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 #50
Thank you for this link. Autumn Jan 2025 #51

True Dough

(25,639 posts)
2. Very helpful!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:02 PM
Jan 2025

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

littlemissmartypants

(31,446 posts)
38. My spirit animal. ...
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 02:50 AM
Jan 2025

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

True Dough

(25,639 posts)
39. You let it all out, LMSP!
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 07:23 AM
Jan 2025

And remember that you're loved here!

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




Hekate

(100,131 posts)
5. Kick. Rec. Bookmark. Thanks, littlemissmartypants!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:16 PM
Jan 2025

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

(23,314 posts)
7. I ran into problems with archive.xx
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:20 PM
Jan 2025

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

(31,446 posts)
16. I don't have a clue...
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 11:22 PM
Jan 2025

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

(23,314 posts)
34. It's great that you shared the info!
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 12:13 AM
Jan 2025

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

(22,492 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 2025

usonian

(23,314 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 2025

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

(7,638 posts)
13. Thnx for the reference. I'd
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 10:36 PM
Jan 2025

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

LeftInTX

(34,013 posts)
28. In my bookmarks toolbar! I already had archive.ph and now added archivebuttons.com!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 11:31 PM
Jan 2025

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

(4,121 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 2025

Response to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

littlemissmartypants

(31,446 posts)
50. Why are you spreading misinformation? ...
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 07:16 PM
Jan 2025

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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