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AI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txt(www.theverge.com)

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MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com
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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.

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lightnegative@lemmy.world
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It’s up there with Do-Not-Track.

Completely pointless because it’s not enforced

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jkrtn@lemmy.ml
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Do-Not-Track, AKA, “I’ve made my browser fingerprint more unique for you, please sell my data”

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Emerald@lemmy.world
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I bet at least one site I’ve visited in my lifetime has enforced it

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HACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.social
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you’re jaded. me, too. but you’re jaded.

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MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com
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i prefer “antiqued” but yes

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