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  1. The Verge: News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline. “The News/Media Alliance, a trade association behind major news publishers, announced that it has ‘successfully secured’ the removal of 12ft.io, a website that helped users bypass paywalls online.” If you’re running into lots of paywalls, check out my article on getting around them. My methods don’t involve hopping paywalls but […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/21/the-verge-news-publishers-take-paywall-blocker-12ft-io-offline/

  2. A coworker told me he would rather have no documentation than bad/wrong/outdated documentation.

    Interesting concept.

    I think in many ways its better to have no information than half-true/distracting/inflammatory information. This is why I don't consume mass news media.

    Media: Keep your paywalls and nags up, they help remind me about the aforementioned.

  3. Propaganda, die von Putin, von Rechtsextremen oder einem Herrn Reichelt produziert werden, bekommt man umsonst. Viele wichtige, aufklärende Inhalte befinden sich dagegen hinter Paywalls. Man muss dafür ein Abo abschließen. Nur die viel gescholtenen Öffentlich-Rechtlichen halten die Fahne der frei verfügbaren Information hoch. Quo vadis, Journalismus?

    #Paywalls #Journalismus #Abonnements #Propaganda #ÖRR

    stefanpfeiffer.blog/2024/04/10