Exercism co-founder here. We get bots spamming the site in every way possible if we don't have a recaptcha. Happy to accept other suggestions for stopping bots signing up if you have any more ethical alternatives that are as an effective?

What do you mean by 'work for Google for free?' I don't see that being required anywhere on the site.

Probably it is a reference to the reCapcha hell Google may drop you into if you are deemed "suspicious"

ah ok. I never saw those captcha things as work per say, but yeah I guess they are. Free work for some model data somewhere.

>it started to require me to work for Google for free

How did that work?

Recaptcha and tracking.

Would you pay monthly if they removed it?

Perhaps I would. I've supported many projects in the past, so I think, if it was really good and did not violate my privacy, there is a fair chance I would.

Many of the sites that force me through recaptcha are services I'm already paying for. They won't let me login until I identify all the targets.