Why, tho?
It guess it says enough about them
They will literally sell their own grandmother for clicks.
What a great idea. Next time someone asks me my name and to tell them a bit about myself, I’ll tell them to pay up first.
Police! Identify yourself!
Sure, just join my paid subscription!
They are pissed their advertising dollars have been going away, and won’t put any effort to make a solution that makes sense for non paying visitors.
Also fuck you pay me
Everyone is doing this, partially to stop AI scrapers and bots. It’s a bit weird on an “about” page, but welcome to 2025 and the dead internet.
Anybody else remember when easy access for bots and scrapers (a.k.a. the “semantic web”) was considered a feature?
We can’t have anything nice
Honestly I’d guess it’s an oversight
I’m 99% sure it’s something they just apply to all pages, not something done on purpose. Probably never even thought about it, everyone here is so quick to assume the worst.
that… is the worst? like they’re not even actively malicious, they’re just fucking incompetent
Mindlessly shoving a paywall on every page on the site is both lazy and indicative of their priorities. Nobody has to do it purposefully for it to still be shitty and revealing.
I’m not sure that’s better, though.
