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Work · November 1, 2021

12 Foot Ladder

Hop the paywall, bring back the internet

12 Foot Ladder launched on November 1, 2021 with 163 votes, #192 of 2,925 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

Visit site ↗12 Foot Ladder alternativestop 7% of November 2021

What it does

Prepend 12ft.io/ to the URL of any paywalled page, and we'll try our best to remove the paywall and get you access to the article. Show me a 10ft paywall, I’ll show you a 12ft ladder.

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