which should — in theory — get them penalized for cloaking. But obviously it doesn’t. Reinforcing GP’s point.
"If you operate a paywall or a content-gating mechanism, we don't consider this to be cloaking if Google can see the full content of what's behind the paywall just like any person who has access to the gated material and if you follow our Flexible Sampling general guidance."
I wonder if they just gave up