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AI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txt (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by TravisKelce to c/technology
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[–] lightnegative 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

Completely pointless because it's not enforced

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] Emerald 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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