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Cn't read site on phone

  • 31-10-2020 3:14pm
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    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    I can't read the Irish Times letter page on my phone without register/log in but i can on the computer. Is there a way around this? I tried request desktop and get it but still cannot read them. Is there any way to change the user agent on a phone?. i have firefox browser and android 9.


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    Alice High Hippy wrote: »
    I can't read the Irish Times letter page on my phone without register/log in but i can on the computer. Is there a way around this? I tried request desktop and get it but still cannot read them. Is there any way to change the user agent on a phone?. i have firefox browser and android 9.

    This page here?

    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters

    I don't need to log in to read that.


  • #3
    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    Basil3 wrote: »
    This page here?

    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters

    I don't need to log in to read that.
    can you read the full letter? I can only read a paragraph on phone.It opens then closes to show the first paragraph


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    Alice High Hippy wrote: »
    can you read the full letter? I can only read a paragraph on phone.It opens then closes to show the first paragraph

    Like here?

    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/bare-necessities-in-a-pandemic-1.4395699

    I can read the whole thing.


  • #5
    pizzahead77
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    I have no issue reading the letters either - using Chrome on Android 10 (OnePlus 7)


  • #6
    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    Thanks guys sorry delay responding. This is what i get. It opens the full page then the green log in button comes up. On the computer i can see all. I tried desktop view in phone but it does not work either


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  • #7
    ongarite
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    This is because you have viewed maximum amount of articles per day/week/month that you can on your phone.
    The site tracks your usage with a cookie which is telling the site you have reached your free viewing/reading limit.

    Use incognito mode or another browser like duckduckgo to try and read unlimited amount of article.


  • #8
    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    ongarite wrote: »
    This is because you have viewed maximum amount of articles per day/week/month that you can on your phone.
    The site tracks your usage with a cookie which is telling the site you have reached your free viewing/reading limit.

    Use incognito mode or another browser like duckduckgo to try and read unlimited amount of article.
    OK thanks.:) When i disable cookies i can see it all..I should have known that


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