and the reason is: if a user bounces off a SEO result, the ranking is degraded, and nobody wants that, so Google users can skip the paywalls. I don't think that

and the reason is: if a user bounces off a SEO result, the ranking is degraded, and nobody wants that, so Google users can skip the paywalls. I don't think that's a good reason, or even a good way to protect content.