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The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers (www.404media.co)

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[–] RepleteLocum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

So they make the internet worse for poor people? I could get through 20k in a second, but someone with just an old laptop would take a few minutes, no?

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 hour ago

So they make the internet worse for poor people? I could get through 20k in a second, but someone with just an old laptop would take a few minutes, no?

i mean, kinda? you are absolutely right that someone with an old pc might need to wait a few extra seconds, but the speed is ultimately throttled by the browser

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 hours ago

Well, it's the scrapers that are causing the problem.