fattyfoods@feddit.nl to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThe Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scraperswww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1610arrow-down110cross-posted to: opensource@programming.devtechnology@hexbear.nettechnology@beehaw.org
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minus-squarePlantPowerPhysicist@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up33·1 year agothe scrapers ignore robots.txt. It doesn’t really ban them - it just asks them not to access things, but they are programmed by assholes.
the scrapers ignore robots.txt. It doesn’t really ban them - it just asks them not to access things, but they are programmed by assholes.