It removes pay walls.

It rejects cookie requests.

It blocks ads.

It fixes the internet.

It is magnificent.

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What is it?

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Firefox (mobile) “Reader Mode” button.

Edit: Sorry to say, it does not spin.

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Reader view

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You press the button, and the only content you see:

Your choice regarding Cookies

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Refresh the page once in reader mode if that happens

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Yup, this works with pay walls that still show up, too.

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Just disable javascript instead and it won’t also fuck up your CSS.

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Right, but sometimes it’s better to have this turned on, to have a clean and proper way to read articles

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I have been using Readeck! Highly recommend it

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And they use Codeberg. Nice.

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I can’t find it anywhere in my Firefox

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On pages that reader mode supports, you should see the icon on the right side of the address bar. Here’s an example from one of my tabs:

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Thank you

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In addition to the other comment, if you hit a page that force disables it, sometimes you can see it if you stop the age mid-load, then go into Reader Mode, and refresh.

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😬👌

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