Andy Reid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square173fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgwolnyinternet
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 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-down2·10 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 😭