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ft.com, source of all amazing paywalls. Here's the same content from a non-paywall provider: http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1384688/bitco

ft.com, source of all amazing paywalls. Here's the same content from a non-paywall provider: http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1384688/bitcoin-price-slump-after-beijing-bans-clearing-services http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1384688...

retube 13y ago
Yeah I don't know how they get away with breaking Google's sacrosanct rule of not sticking content behind a paywall that they make visible to Google.
- gabemart 13y ago
  Anyone visiting from Google sees the full article with no paywall. You can test this yourself: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC8QqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F6707013a-67af-11e3-8ada-00144feabdc0.html&ei=U3mxUpaLOY-ShQfpioDYDg&usg=AFQjCNGw8dx8RLkD6od7_RmTI632CfZmpQ&sig2=YxY5zmippvgxXKbE1eFMlw&bvm=bv.58187178,d.ZG4 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...
  - haakon 13y ago
    I wouldn't even dream of doing this myself, but my friend is using the RefControl Firefox extension which lets you set a Referer header per domain name, and he has set ft.com to send http://plus.google.com http://plus.google.com as referer. This simply disables the paywall. He says that it works on many other sites as well.
  - peteretep 13y ago
    Actually, I had to answer a question in order to see it, having Googled the article. Weird question too, about what kind of accomodation I'd use if I was on holiday in Tanzania!
  - retube 13y ago
    Doesn't work for me. Get the sign up prompt. It may work the first time or two but after that....
    - maxerickson 13y ago
      That link doesn't send the right referrer for me (I also get the sign up). If I click through from here I get a silly question and the content: https://www.google.com/search?q=China+bans+new+Bitcoin+deposits+(ft.com) https://www.google.com/search?q=China+bans+new+Bitcoin+depos...

retube 13y ago

Yeah I don't know how they get away with breaking Google's sacrosanct rule of not sticking content behind a paywall that they make visible to Google.

gabemart 13y ago
Anyone visiting from Google sees the full article with no paywall. You can test this yourself: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC8QqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F6707013a-67af-11e3-8ada-00144feabdc0.html&ei=U3mxUpaLOY-ShQfpioDYDg&usg=AFQjCNGw8dx8RLkD6od7_RmTI632CfZmpQ&sig2=YxY5zmippvgxXKbE1eFMlw&bvm=bv.58187178,d.ZG4 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...
- haakon 13y ago
  I wouldn't even dream of doing this myself, but my friend is using the RefControl Firefox extension which lets you set a Referer header per domain name, and he has set ft.com to send http://plus.google.com http://plus.google.com as referer. This simply disables the paywall. He says that it works on many other sites as well.
- peteretep 13y ago
  Actually, I had to answer a question in order to see it, having Googled the article. Weird question too, about what kind of accomodation I'd use if I was on holiday in Tanzania!
- retube 13y ago
  Doesn't work for me. Get the sign up prompt. It may work the first time or two but after that....
  - maxerickson 13y ago
    That link doesn't send the right referrer for me (I also get the sign up). If I click through from here I get a silly question and the content: https://www.google.com/search?q=China+bans+new+Bitcoin+deposits+(ft.com) https://www.google.com/search?q=China+bans+new+Bitcoin+depos...