Do y'all know about textise? I don't see mention of it come up in a quick search. https://www.textise.net/
It can be used with the duckduckgo bang **!textise**
It also works over Tor, where I can use it as a proxy to avoid Cloudflare checkpoints.
I don't think that it is open source but not completely sure.
Copy from the site intro:
>Textise is a new way of looking at the Web. It’s an internet tool that removes everything from a web page except for its text. In practice, this means that images, forms, scripts, adverts, they all go, leaving plain text. Find out more here... (https://textise.wordpress.com/about-textise/)
>How to use this page
>1) Type or paste the URL of a web page into the box below and click "Textise". A text only version of the web page will be displayed.
>2) Type a search term into the box, select a search engine from the drop-down list, and click "Search". You will be taken to a text only version of the search results.
I tried it before finding imgsed but each instance had issues loading images past the first page of a user’s profile. But I will check back occasionally
lists of other alternative front-end services or projects that i (also) have not vetted:
“A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram… requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.” https://libredirect.github.io/ - the list they use. https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect - extension (source)
list of some instances https://farside.link/ - (source)
a list of projects, with some other stuff on it too https://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/foss-front-ends-and-alternatives-for-twitter-instagram-reddit-youtube-and-more
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/939198
> Searching for replacement for Bibliogram, I found an website called imgsed.com .
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> It was sufficient to my needs.
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> One problem was that it seemed to fetch only a few comments of a post.
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> Here's the website's own About page:
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> >imgsed.com is an online instagram backup tool that helps users save instagram photos through the instagram public API.
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> > imgsed.com can't verify user information, so you need to pay attention to the copyright when downloading photos.
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> > If you do not wish to be downloaded, please submit your information remove account
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> ETA:
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> Apparently it has crazy much ads, so use of adblocker is very much advised!
My use case is to access text and link content on a web page anonymously over Tor without getting blocked by Cloudflare.