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Content providers want it both ways. They want revenue, hence paywalls, but they also want clicks from search engines. In order to get clicks, they have to open up to search and archive engines. I’ve seen this to varying degrees. Some really is subscriber only.

One site just strips JavaScript, which one can do with browser extensions on a site-by-site basis. Safari Reader often bypasses paywalls, not even requiring an extension.

In a search-driven internet, full paywalls make you irrelevant. And even with “exclusive” content, what’s going to happen as synthetic content floods the internet, as it is doing already. How will one judge “quality”?

Back on point, I have bookmarked the site, especially since archive today (archive.XY) always puts up a CAPTCHA when I use iCloud Private Relay.