Comment by lelandfe

It’s cloaking when it’s Bad. It’s Good when it’s Google that’s let through the gates:

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/essentials/spam-po...

> 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