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Alternatively, FT has always allowed 95%+ of paywalls to be bypassed by being referred from Bing. Copy subject, Bing.com, paste, click FT, no paywall
by inquirerGeneral 2y ago
Alternatively, FT has always allowed 95%+ of paywalls to be bypassed by being referred from Bing. Copy subject, Bing.com, paste, click FT, no paywall
- stanislavb 2y agoOh, what a "hack". I didn't expect that to be a thing. Thanks!
- _the_inflator 2y agoGreat catch! Many years ago this worked exceptionally well with Google translate.
- nanna 2y agoCan't say this works for me, for this article at least.
- thunderbong 2y agoThis worked. Thanks!
- pxeger1 2y agoAnyone know why?
- westcoast49 2y agoI'm guessing it must be because of some kind of deal between Microsoft and Financial Times. If that's so then probably there are also similar deals with other publishers. Edit: ChatGPT seems to disagree with me: https://chatgpt.com/share/8b85ea2f-86bc-4c63-91fc-e32482c8e5f9 https://chatgpt.com/share/8b85ea2f-86bc-4c63-91fc-e32482c8e5... (It says that it's more likely just an unintended side-effect of the mechanism that FT.com uses to let search engines like Bing or Google index their full articles.)
- JoelMcCracken 2y agoThis is what I've heard in the past: the companies want their articles to be recommended by search engines, but want the consumer to pay for it.
- miobrien 2y agoCool! Any other sites this works for?