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submitted 3 months ago by plinky@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

respecting robots.txt won't last long i suspect

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[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

While many companies respect robots.txt instructions, some do not. Several large companies, including Perplexity, have been caught using proxies and surreptitious user agents to circumvent and ignore robots.txt.

respecting robots.txt already died

[-] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

robots.txt has been dead for over a decade. Massive web scraping is big business at this point.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

For sure, I just mean in the context of AI since OP suggested it wouldn't be respected much longer

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