Andy Reid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoAI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txtwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@midwest.socialtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1external-linkAI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txtwww.theverge.comAndy Reid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square200fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@midwest.socialtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoYeah, that throws a monkey wrench into the idea. That’s a shame, because “either respect robots.txt or you’re denied access to a lot of websites!” is appealing.
minus-squareNighed@sffa.communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·9 months agoThat’s when Google’s browser DRM thing starts sounding like a good idea 😭
Yeah, that throws a monkey wrench into the idea. That’s a shame, because “either respect robots.txt or you’re denied access to a lot of websites!” is appealing.
That’s when Google’s browser DRM thing starts sounding like a good idea 😭