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Today I learned I can read a lot of paywalled articles using my Library Card (feddit.uk)
submitted 19 hours ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk
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People have always been trying to find ways around the paywall. Turns out I was able to download my library app (LibrariesNI, I don't know if other UK libraries have the same benefits, but I assume they would) somehow dug out my old childhood library card details (I had it saved on Google Drive because of school I guess from when I was a kid?). Anyway I logged on, it prompted me to download an app called "Libby" which then offers 30 day access to pressreader which seems to be infinitely renewable.. at least I hope it is

Anyway, thought you should know

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[-] Moodel@feddit.uk 4 points 18 hours ago

Hm..... that's actually really neat.

I usually load up one of the Archive sites and paste the URL to see if it has been archived and read it through there.

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

I usually just click on Reader Mode and everything a bot wouldn't see disappears, leaving just the article text and images.

Doesnt work for everything, but most of the time it does.

[-] Moodel@feddit.uk 3 points 16 hours ago

That's a good point I forget about reader mode. Thanks for that :D

[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago

In Firefox, you can force reader mode (if the button for it isn’t showing up, for example) by adding

`about:reader?url=`

to the beginning of your URL in the address bar.

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