Re:Taking action against scraping for hire
by rustdeveloper on Thursday July 07, 2022 @09:15AM
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“This industry makes scraping available to individuals and companies that otherwise would not have the capabilities.” - seems like web scraping companies are doing a good job :)
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Re:Taking action against scraping for hire
by jhoelzel on Thursday July 07, 2022 @10:19AM
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The phone charger makes engery available to individuals and companies that otherwise would not have the capabilities. ;)
Re:Taking action against scraping for hire
by theincredulousk on Thursday July 07, 2022 @02:37PM
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Maybe some irony here as IIRC Facebook started as essentially a scraping company, pulling student profiles from college websites and re-publishing it for their own profit.
The scrapers have become the scrapees. The horror.