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Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by inetknght on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @02:37PM (#23704865)
> Or quietly detect the bots and feed them junk data

Just a few customers with alternative browsers being detected as "bots" will poison your reputation and income stream.

Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by rabanne on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @05:18PM (#23706838)
No, it definitely won’t. In fact our card payment system has been updated to think alternative os and browsers are high-risk and even decline payment. We didn’t have any revenue loss.
Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by bduerst on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:59PM (#23709483)
That's why bots now mimic users beyond user agents, even going so far as loading page assets and javascript. Unless you're using something like recaptcha V3, it's going to be difficult to detect them, and even that requires some interactions first.
Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by Spivak on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @04:43PM (#23706395)
As someone who uses an alternative browser… I kinda doubt it. As a group we wouldn’t even move the analytics needle let alone revenue.
Re:A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts by randomdude402 on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @11:09PM (#23709557)
Nah. Google doesn't even let people log into their own email with alternative browsers, and they are doing fine.