OpenAI has disabled the Browse with Bing feature in ChatGPT to prevent users from bypassing paywalls and accessing website information without making a subscription first.

  • Frellwit@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m wondering why websites keep using fake paywalls when they can use a real one where the content isn’t available until user verification.

    • UESPA_Sputnik@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They do that to let search engines index their articles. Then they switch on the paywall an hour later or so but still get a lot of traffic (which is good for advertising) when people click on the link on Google etc.

      • 15liam20@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The crawler identifies itself as a “robot” which can get past the paywall. When you browse using Chrome the site behaves differently. That’s why it’s so easy to get past by pasting the link into archive.ph