Ladder: selfhosted alternative to 12ft.io (bypass pay walls)

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• Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “How do you get on the other side of the paywall?” “You use a ladder…”

  I’ll show myself out.

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  • kambusha@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I didn’t realise 12ft.io has gone down but I believe their original slogan was along the lines of, “for every 10ft wall, there’s a 12ft ladder”, hence the name.

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    • PeachMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s a reference to a very old joke. Somebody uses a 10 ft ladder to get over a wall. The owner of the wall builds it higher, up to 11 ft. The ladder climber then comes back with a 12 ft ladder.

      The exact numbers obviously don’t matter: the point is that ladders are a LOT cheaper than walls, and you can always get a ladder that’s 1ft longer.

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• Jusque@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I wish I knew about this sooner. What else do I need to know about?

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• stalfoss@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does it work any better than 12ft? I found that worked maybe 1 out of 4 times at best

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