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Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it

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Re: Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it

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Post by jayass »

vorpalhex wrote: post #28
xhkkffbf wrote: post #22

Let me just say -- and I'll get voted down for this -- that I think breaching paywalls is generally immoral. While I can imagine some moral reasons, I think most people are doing it even though they can pay. They are taking someone's work and using it without permission while refusing to pay. Of course I may be biased because I make some of my living creating content behind paywalls. If free access and ad support wer…

The issue with paywalls is the bait and switch - you push the whole content for SEO then force users to pay money. Nobody cares if you want to sell the secrets of the universe for $5000/mo. We care about the bait and switch. By setting up this bait and switch, you hurt your own paywall - if the search engine can get a full copy, so can I. Want these extensions to stop working? Stop the bait and switch.

Couldn't agree more

Re: Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it

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Post by jayass »

vorpalhex wrote: post #29
jayass wrote: post #2

I had an extension on web chrome store to remove paywall, now google don't let me updated it. So I create a website to host the extension.

Thank you for also hosting this as a tampermonkey script!

You're welcome

Re: Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it

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Post by jayass »

jonas21 wrote: post #35

If I'm reading this correctly, the extension sends every URL you use it on to some random service hosted on Cloudflare workers [1]. That doesn't sound good... [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgefsilva/beatthatwall/m...

Yes that is correct. The random web service fetches a copy of the cached version of the page.

If you're interested I can show you the source code

Re: Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it

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Post by 3np »

jayass wrote: post #36
jonas21 wrote: post #35

If I'm reading this correctly, the extension sends every URL you use it on to some random service hosted on Cloudflare workers [1]. That doesn't sound good... [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgefsilva/beatthatwall/m...

Yes that is correct. The random web service fetches a copy of the cached version of the page. If you're interested I can show you the source code

Please do!

Re: Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it

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Post by hk__2 »

jayass wrote: post #36
jonas21 wrote: post #35

If I'm reading this correctly, the extension sends every URL you use it on to some random service hosted on Cloudflare workers [1]. That doesn't sound good... [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgefsilva/beatthatwall/m...

Yes that is correct. The random web service fetches a copy of the cached version of the page. If you're interested I can show you the source code

> If you're interested I can show you the source code

This doesn’t really solve the old problem that there’s no proof the source code you show is the one that runs on Cloudflare. Couldn’t that code run locally?

Re: Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it

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Post by nomel »

dylan604 wrote: post #34

EGAD! Has the internet matured enough so that what was old is new again? Dedicated websites that are independent of a centralised controlling body? What a brilliant idea! Those ol' greybeards were on to something

I've had several YouTube ads telling me I should use a "hybrid" approach to self host some of my services, on hardware in my building, to keep cost down. I had to check a calendar to see what year it was!
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