They're just mimicking what the US-based social media platforms have been doing for years now. And who can blame them? It's a very profitable business model.
I suppose at least now the "bad" countries are doing this there may finally be some meaningful public debate about it.
Impressively annoying paywall once you read it a bit
"freewall". "Paywall that sucks data in lieu of money"
"freewall: the rise of data capitalism"
The Irony of this about FaceApp's user policy when they require an email address and name to read the article.
Seems Firefox's reader view is immune to it. In fact it's rapidly becoming my way to consume all text content online.