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I highly recommend asking if your library has access to Kanopy. It's a video streaming service for libraries, and works on a monthly token system.

My local library has access to Kanopy, Libby, and Blackstone. And as a Canadian, I've got CBC gem as well.

The available library of films, documentaries, books, and so forth is enormous. All bereft of ads, and mostly bereft of slop.

For now at least:

Ugh. It's never enough, is it? They can't simply be happy making a decent profit and maintaining a reasonable customer relationship.

They always have to squeeze, crush, and destroy. Rob every customer, ruin every product, so they can enrich themselves.

omg. thanks for linking this. i had no idea.

kkr of all vultures is scary. libraries need to act quick to find alternatives and shut this firm out.

there’s a reason the mere mention of this particular private equity firm causes shivers to anyone who has heard of them.

I try to post this link everytime someone praises libby :|