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Re:We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers by doublerabbit on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @06:40PM (#46610133)
Unfortunately and you kind of have to count this as the cost of the Internet. You've wasted 500Mb of bandwidth.

I've had colocation for eight years+. My monthly b/w cost is now around 20-30Gb a month given to scrapers where I was only be using 1-2Gb a month, years prior.

I pay for premium bandwidth (it's a thing) and only get 2TB of usable data. Do I go offline or let it continue?

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Re:We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers by zimpenfish on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @04:09AM (#46613937)
> You've wasted 500Mb of bandwidth.

Yep, it sucks, but on the positive side, I'm feeding 500Mb of garbage into them every day and that feels like enough of a small win for me.

> My monthly b/w cost is now around 20-30Gb a month given to scrapers [...] 1-2Gb a month

That definitely sucks.

> Do I go offline or let it continue?

Might be time to start blocking entire IP ranges and ASNs and see if that helps.

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