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by Dylan16807 936 days ago
These are the people trying to visit your website because of very specific interest. You should want their views a lot, not try to keep them out!

The access token plan is workable, though still causes annoying linking problems.
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randomdata 935 days ago
> You should want their views a lot, not try to keep them out!

Views don't pay the bills. They only want viewers who are willing to pay to play (even if by proxy). C-18 ensures that payment is made, else user access is restricted by legal force. Which is the same outcome if it were done by technical force. They don't care about the restrictions on users who are eschewing payment in either case.

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Dylan16807 935 days ago
More interested viewers are the ones that might pay money that's actually significant on a per-person basis. I think you have your hierarchy mixed up.

Making them leave and half give up, half come back via a paying search engine or social media site, is not going to be the most effective use of them.

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