Andy Reid 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-square173fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down114cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgwolnyinternet
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1external-linkAI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txtwww.theverge.comAndy Reid to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square173fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgwolnyinternet
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkEnglish12•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-square@Nighed@sffa.communitylinkfedilinkEnglish-1•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 😭