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		josh-sematic 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the L... At that point you’re probably spending more money blocking the scrapers than you would spend just letting them through.

lbhdc 4 months ago [–]

That seems like it would make bot blocking saas (like cloudflare or tollbit) more attractive because it could amortize that effort/cost across many clients.

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