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AI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txt (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by TravisKelce to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 98 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

The open and free web is long dead.

just thinking about robots.txt as a working solution to people that literally broker in people's entire digital lives for hundreds of billions of dollars is so ... quaint.

[–] lightnegative 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's up there with Do-Not-Track.

Completely pointless because it's not enforced

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Do-Not-Track, AKA, "I've made my browser fingerprint more unique for you, please sell my data"

[–] Emerald 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I bet at least one site I've visited in my lifetime has enforced it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

you're jaded. me, too. but you're jaded.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

i prefer "antiqued" but yes