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Bypass Paywalls Clean is back online (twitter.com)

submitted 8 months ago by dvdnet62@feddit.nl to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] ReedReads@lemmy.zip 38 points 8 months ago

Can someone just copy/paste the tweet here

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 8 months ago

magnolia1234_bpc
@Magnolia1234B
Bypass Paywalls Clean
New backup for latest release versions:
https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_updates

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 8 months ago

Reminder that Firefox nightly and Fennec (Mull should be fine too) can install add-ons from file on Android.

[-] Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago

I just tried with Fennec and failed. How do you proceed ?

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You need to activate the developers options/debug menu:

Settings -> About Fennec -> tap on the fennec logo multiple times

Go back to settings the option to install from files should appear.

[-] Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes, it worked. Thank you so much :)

[-] cobra89@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any option to install from files with Fennec? Only from a collection. And it seems you can't add bypass paywalls clean to a collection because it's not in the AMO.

Edit: nvm had to update Fennec

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

The option showed up in 123 if I remember correctly.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

Ah, and here I was thinking installing addons from file was impossible on Android. Thanks!

[-] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

It's was a thing years ago and became a thing again last month or in February in nightly.

[-] Gilgeam@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Incidentally, so can the regular Firefox these days!

[-] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

Iceraven can too but it's not available on Play Store.

[-] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 13 points 8 months ago

The linked tweet text:

Bypass Paywalls Clean New backup for latest release versions: https://t.co/yCJlZZ1f5Z

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 8 months ago

Fucking love this plugin! Thanks Magnolia for all the hard work.

[-] Justly0250@lemdro.id 9 points 8 months ago

How do I install this on Firefox desktop and Firefox Android? I remember there was an extension for Firefox the last time I checked. Now I cannot find the extension on the Mozilla store.

[-] FactoryDweller@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 8 months ago

If you are using Firefox just go to the github repo that someone linked above, go to "Releases" and then download the clean-latest.xpi file. Firefox will install it for you.

If using Chrome, I would guess it to be the same, but the right file would be the .crx one.

If you are not using Firefox+uBO you really should, though!

[-] mub@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm on Pixel 7 and current Firefox, but it won't install. It Just says "no app found to open xpi files"

Edit: fixed. Have to engage Dev options. Settings > About > tap the Firefox icon a few times. Then go back to settings and you'll see the "install add-on from file" option.

[-] Justly0250@lemdro.id 2 points 8 months ago

Have to engage Dev options. Settings > About > tap the Firefox icon a few times.

Thanks! TIL

[-] FactoryDweller@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Sorry, I didn't even notice the Android part. Glad you could fix it!

[-] Justly0250@lemdro.id 3 points 8 months ago

If you are not using Firefox+uBO you really should, though!

Firefox + uBO for life.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago

https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_updates/releases/tag/latest

[-] PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

How to use it mate??

[-] FactoryDweller@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 8 months ago

If you are using Firefox just go to the github repo that someone linked above, go to "Releases" and then download the clean-latest.xpi file. Firefox will install it for you.

If using Chrome, I would guess it to be the same, but the right file would be the .crx one.

If you are not using Firefox+uBO you really should, though!

[-] PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Thx for the valuable info mate 👍👍

[-] FactoryDweller@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

You're welcome!

[-] boooooboo@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

nice

[-] reddwarf@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

I installed it but I am clueless on how to use it. If someone can give a short explanation on how to actually use this extension then that would be marvelous!

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 3 points 8 months ago

It works automatically on supported sites.

[-] reddwarf@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks!

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -1 points 8 months ago

Why does it ask to access MY data in so many sites? According to Firefox, that includes passwords

[-] Fitzsimmons@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

These extensions work first by looking at the contents of the page you're on to detect a paywall, and then make modifications to the page that remove the paywall. There's no way for the browser-creators to guarantee that the extension isn't also silently adding a hidden element that captures everything that you type into that website, in addition to the paywal removal, so they're basically trying to warn you such a thing could happen.

And that is a genuine risk from every extension in the addons store, but I would say that risk is potentially even higher with a piracy extension installed from a github relese. (Not this one in particular per se, which I have no opinion about, just in general.) If it makes you uncomfortable, a reasonable compromise could be to create a new browser profile for use only with this extension, or maybe even use a different browser entirely than your daily driver.