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Re:Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding... by withinboredom on Monday February 21, 2022 @05:13AM (#30413950)
By your definition would a screen reader turn the browser into a bot? If not, if a I program my own “bot” isn’t it just working as my own agent?
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Re:Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding... by yreg on Monday February 21, 2022 @06:42AM (#30414666)
Maybe depends on whether you are "driving" the agent personally?
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Re:Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding... by withinboredom on Monday February 21, 2022 @09:54AM (#30416500)
If it’s my bot, it’s literally doing what I told it to do (how I bought a PS5 in my sleep, actually).
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