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Re:Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade... by Beijinger on Monday August 04, 2025 @10:14AM (#44786073)
How about I open a proxy, replace all ads with my ads, redirect the content to you and we share the ad revenue?
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Re:Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade... by fxtentacle on Monday August 04, 2025 @10:16AM (#44786105)
That's somewhat antisocial, but perfectly legal in the US. It's called PayPal Honey, for example, and has been running for 13 years now.
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Re:Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade... by rustc on Monday August 04, 2025 @04:50PM (#44791188)
Since when does PayPal Honey replace ads on websites?

> PayPal Honey is a browser extension that automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout with a single click.

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Re:Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade... by galaxy_gas on Monday August 04, 2025 @07:45PM (#44792662)
They overwrite ad attributions, affiliate links, clickthrough attributions with their own.
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Re:Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade... by carlosjobim on Monday August 04, 2025 @12:04PM (#44787740)
That's the Brave browser.
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