Pro@programming.devM to Technology@programming.devEnglish · edit-21 month agoCodeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges.imagemessage-square116linkfedilinkarrow-up1707arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1705arrow-down1imageCodeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges.Pro@programming.devM to Technology@programming.devEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square116linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaredeur@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down9·edit-21 month agoIf it is scraping it is scraping. If the endpoint canonically is intended to be a machine readable endpoint (do not respond with “but html is machine-readable” as you know that is not the point) it is not. Your scraper would be harmful.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoBut html is machine-readable and that absolutely is the point! Never forget what they stole from us.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoSo search engines shouldn’t exist? This is absurdly simplistic.
If it is scraping it is scraping. If the endpoint canonically is intended to be a machine readable endpoint (do not respond with “but html is machine-readable” as you know that is not the point) it is not. Your scraper would be harmful.
But html is machine-readable and that absolutely is the point!
Never forget what they stole from us.
So search engines shouldn’t exist? This is absurdly simplistic.