Paywall-hopping services such as 12 Foot Ladder, recently shut down by its web host, exploit intentional gaps in the walls: they're designed to be present when looked at by humans, but to reveal the article to search engines and other news-aggregating bots. As paywalls become more sophisticated—and the paywall-hopping services more popular and obvious—another arms race is on. Enter Ladder, a self-hosted version similar to 1ft.io, 12ft.io, 13ft and so on that's less likely to be denied access.
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