Post by @berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es

2026-08-29 19:42 UTC

Friendly reminder that the reader view button in #Firefox can bypass many soft paywalls of big publications. You're welcome. Edit: Shout-out to @pluralistic@mamot.fr and his enlightening post on dickovers https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/21/dickovers/?amp=

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@un_bourguignon@piaille.fr 2026-08-29 20:22

@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es Less and less the time passes, sadly. @Khrys@mamot.fr

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@cubeofcheese@mstdn.social 2026-08-29 20:51

@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es @pluralistic@mamot.fr and hide ads!

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@iDGS@mas.to 2026-08-29 20:58

@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es @alice@lgbtqia.space Same is true in iOS Safari. Tap the tiny menu icon to the left of the URL, *et voila!* There it is!

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@agowa338@chaos.social 2026-08-29 23:06

@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es @pluralistic@mamot.fr Sometimes it is also just enough to (simulate/have) a slow connection and hit the "abort" button at the top after all of the text has loaded but before the paywall thingy blanks it again...

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@Zelda@m.ai6yr.org 2026-08-30 06:32

@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es There is also the open source web browser extension called, Bypass Paywalls Clean. https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/magnolia1234 @pluralistic@mamot.fr

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@glocester@masto.es 2026-09-03 14:15

@berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es @pluralistic@mamot.fr ¿y si todo el mundo utiliza ese sistema, de qué vivirán los redactores de esos periódicos y revistas?

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