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Re:Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers by aorth on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:28PM (#44448454)
As the old addage goes: If you're not paying for it, you're the product.

Lots of nuance, but generally: pay for things you use. Servers, engineers, and research and development are not free, so someone has to pay.

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Re:Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers by qualeed on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:46PM (#44448646)
Lots of services don't even let me pay if I wanted to, so I am forced to be the product. (Donating typically does not un-productify myself).

Or I pay and am still the product. Just with less in-my-face ads.

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Re:Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers by aorth on Thursday July 03, 2025 @02:57AM (#44452379)
> Or I pay and am still the product. Just with less in-my-face ads.

Yes, this is enshittification. You pay for Amazon something or other, and they STILL show you ads. Horrible.

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Re:Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers by slenk on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @08:45PM (#44450428)
fwiw, I have been convinced to look at other options
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