I think it promotes FT's content as one of the few subscribeware products FT produces that isn't sealed away behind FT's paywall. I used to enjoy reading it on

I think it promotes FT's content as one of the few subscribeware products FT produces that isn't sealed away behind FT's paywall. I used to enjoy reading it on an RSS-like client (on a Palm device of all things-- it was that long ago) but I'm absolutely not financially savvy enough to gauge its credibility.