@FightingWolf - There are versions of Linux that are supposedly spyware free. 

..Anyway, stop arguing and keep the thread on track. 

I don't see how Flash is so dead, since so many software titles still require it and much of what exists to supposedly relpace it still hasn't lived up to the claim, even HTML 5. 

No argument here. I just think the OP was focused on the Flash being spyware instead of just asking if there was another way view the library without using adobe to do it.  Bagginsbill has already provided the solution that should address the OP desire not to use flash.  The rest of the conversation was just to point out that "data collecting" goes on every where and no system is immune to it. Companies come straight out and say that they are collecting the data, so at that point it's no longer "spyware" if they are telling you that they are collecting that type of data.

I agree with you Flash isn't dead, but the way we know it is dying.  Flash will have to undergo some changes in order to remain competitive to HTML5 (assuming that HTML5 will always seek improvements). Some things are just easier to do in flash especially when it come to the advertising industry.  Advertising and Gaming industries are big users of flash.

From what I can tell most people who think of flash only thinks of its use in website development and compare that with HTML5.  In terms of website development, flash has been dead for many years now, but that's not the only market that it was operating in. Some of those other markets depend on flash simply because HTML5 can't do the job.