Why, tho?
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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.
It guess it says enough about them
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.
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.
Nobody has to do it purposefully for it to still be shitty and revealing.
Or… and I could be wrong here…
It takes money to create the resource they’re providing and are simply asking to be paid for you to access it. At the very least to cut on bot scraping so login to prove you’re not a bot.
Doesn’t have to be shitty at all unless you believe that they shouldn’t be paid at all and should incur the cost of bots.
Its their responsibility to make clear the reason they require it.
Something like Anubis does it well by adding a “Why am I seeing this?” section to their JavaScript challenge.
You are seeing this because the administrator …
Anubis is a compromise. Anubis uses a Proof-of-Work scheme in …
Ultimately, this is a hack whose real purpose is to give a “good enough” placeholder solution so that more time can be spent on …
Please note that Anubis requires the use of modern JavaScript features that plugins like …
Sadly, you must enable JavaScript to get past this challenge. This is required because AI companies have …
If you require something, such as an account, to view the content. Simply add why.
Its their responsibility to make clear the reason they require it.
Not really?
They don’t have to explain anything to you (though for many of US in this bubble in specific would probably run away from a service that’s so closed like this)… The vast majority of people who run into the Anubis setup will have no fucking clue what any of it means, nor give a shit about it. They just want to get to the content.
They don’t have to explain anything to you
Correct. We wont do business if one cannot give an explanation. One can write in the privacy policy that they collect all sorts of private information, but the kicker, for me, is often why.
The vast majority of people who run into the Anubis setup will have no fucking clue what any of it means, nor give a shit about it. They just want to get to the content.
One doesn’t have to care about the Miranda warning, but its still read off to someone in case they do.
Miranda is required by law… notifying random people who visit your website isn’t.
I’m not sure that’s better, though.
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
Tells you everything you need to know XD
They will literally sell their own grandmother for clicks.
Check if the Impressum is also behind a paywall. Then they’re seriously in trouble :D
Lock it behind a pihole.
I mean it’s still shitty, but just based on this image, they’re only requiring a free account, not a subscription
You will most definitely need to enter credit card information during sign up
If it were labeled a trial account, not a free account, I might agree. But i think it’s more for harvesting contact details and hoping for a paid subscription down the line.
Either way, hard pass
