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Re:Show HN: Instagram-scraper – Scrape instagram photos by t... by merinowool on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:05AM (#17386595)
That's why it is important to root out corruption from law making, nowadays called "lobbying" - this should be illegal. If you expose an endpoint to the public you can't restrict who or what can consume it. You can do throttling on your side but that's it. Otherwise this is just racism towards machines.
Re:Show HN: Instagram-scraper – Scrape instagram photos by t... by jjeaff on Sunday June 24, 2018 @12:32PM (#17387131)
I don't think machines are yet considered a "protected class".
Re:Show HN: Instagram-scraper – Scrape instagram photos by t... by notduncansmith on Sunday June 24, 2018 @11:05AM (#17386806)
How do you outlaw lobbying?
Re:Show HN: Instagram-scraper – Scrape instagram photos by t... by qbrass on Sunday June 24, 2018 @07:14PM (#17388889)
It probably involves lobbying.
Re:Show HN: Instagram-scraper – Scrape instagram photos by t... by zo1 on Sunday June 24, 2018 @01:19PM (#17387323)
Why are we even arguing about this, is what I want to know. Call a referendum and let the people decide.
Re:Show HN: Instagram-scraper – Scrape instagram photos by t... by Rjevski on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:12AM (#17386617)
Not to mention, this still leaves a hole open as a scraping company can outsource the “scraping” to low-wage data-entry slaves in third-world countries.