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Yes they should really block crawlers or force them to pay. The only way I can think of that they could do is make you have to register an account to access content but that goes against what they originally intended. But these are new times and it's probably for the best. Wouldn't be hard to flag obvious AI scrappers.
It seems there are ways to stop crawlers. Do a web search for "stop ai crawlers" or similar to learn more. I hope it doesn’t escalate into an arms race, but I realise I might be disappointed.