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262 points maoserr | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 13:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.654s | source
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mati365 ◴[21 Oct 24 13:54 UTC] No.41904180[source]▶
Is it legal?
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reaperducer ◴[21 Oct 24 13:58 UTC] No.41904216[source]▶
Depends on where you live.

Where I am, it's perfectly legal.

Before cell service was as widespread as it is today, there were programs that would scrape web pages into ePUBs so you could read them later on your Palm Pilot. I used it every day during my commute. And the best part was that they ended. No mind-numbing infinite scroll.

When I switched to a "smart" phone (SonyEricsson m600c), I really missed it.

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1. latchkey ◴[21 Oct 24 15:06 UTC] No.41904997[source]▶
Danger Hiptop had a proxy that reformatted websites for their built in browser. Mostly as a way to reduce data transfer amounts.

https://medium.com/@chrisdesalvo/the-future-that-everyone-fo...