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Revolut and Wise have become quite profitable in 2023, in no small part thanks to higher interest rates.
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FT is behind a paywall so, with moneysaving in mind, could you tell us more about the article says? Thanks!1
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It's Alphaville. You just need to register for free, and log in, then the article is readable.0
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The 10 foot ladder site allows you to bypass paywalls, same as internet archiveZanderman said:FT is behind a paywall so, with moneysaving in mind, could you tell us more about the article says? Thanks!Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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It's grown, it's a 12ft ladder now. It's been taken down by it's ISP, for now anyway.Nasqueron said:
The 10 foot ladder site allows you to bypass paywalls, same as internet archiveZanderman said:FT is behind a paywall so, with moneysaving in mind, could you tell us more about the article says? Thanks!I came into this world with nothing and I've got most of it left.0 -
Fair do, https://12ft.io/ is still up though albeit this FT article is still paywall so maybe they bypassed itShakin_Steve said:
It's grown, it's a 12ft ladder now. It's been taken down by it's ISP, for now anyway.Nasqueron said:
The 10 foot ladder site allows you to bypass paywalls, same as internet archiveZanderman said:FT is behind a paywall so, with moneysaving in mind, could you tell us more about the article says? Thanks!
https://archive.ph/ works for it though
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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FT Alphaville is free of access, has always been free. I'm no FT subscriber, and rarely really read the truly paywalled content.0
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FT paywall can be circumvented by Googling the article title (visible in the main link in OP, "UK neobanks need to show sterling qualities, not just fintech growth" in this case), and following the link returned by the search.0
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