The free-for-Google paywall is in many ways similar to online advertising: it's all bait-and-switch. Anything that discourages such practices is a step forward

The free-for-Google paywall is in many ways similar to online advertising: it's all bait-and-switch. Anything that discourages such practices is a step forward. It's time publishers start considering their readers as customers to be treated with respect instead of either dumb cattle or the enemy in a digital arms race. What kind of a legit, respectable business tries to trick people into thinking their giving their product away for free? At the very least don't whine about the public tricking you back in return.