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Now that 12ft.io is down, are there any good alternatives to archive.ph for viewing paywalled articles?

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[–] junusdenised420@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 days ago (11 children)
[–] 667@lemmy.radio 0 points 2 days ago (9 children)
[–] 10x10@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Genuine question, are Russian sites any worse or better than anywhere else these days?

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You make a fair point; maybe I’ve become too cynical, but probably not. Seems like everything everywhere is enshittified all at once lately.

[–] 10x10@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think your right that yes it does seem like a coordinated crack down at the moment. Almost like round 2.

[–] 10x10@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My experience with Russian sourced software is to treat it as low trust, like I do everywhere else, until proved otherwise. An example is gitflic.ru. I'm cautious about it but can see a number of developers moved there after being thrown of MS's Github so a very legitimate reason to use it. Is potential Russian surveillance any worse than the government of the country in which you live? Probably not.

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