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I can enumerate why anything in the world is suboptimal. It's not a very strong point on its own. But notice that you haven't suggested an alternative. You're
by wild_preference 8y ago
I can enumerate why anything in the world is suboptimal. It's not a very strong point on its own.
But notice that you haven't suggested an alternative. You're just lamenting one of the few, generalizable, cheap resources a website operator has to avoid abuse in a world where it's only getting easier and easier for bad actors.
Your analysis is just as thorough as "but somehow it's OK to put locks on every door because some guys are abusing the system o_0?!" Food for thought: Is everyone encumbering their life with keychains for the fun of it? How do the trade-offs look? Do locks play any role beyond feeding the locksmith industry? What other options do people have and how do they compare with buying a $17 lock for their front door and installing it with a few screws?
- rcMgD2BwE72F 8y agoThe alternative is simple: decentralize the Internet, regulate Google for abuse of dominant position. Its size and power makes it completely unavoidable now and force users to work for them. One cannot have basic access to Internet websites and services without providing Google with personal data or work for them. If Google wasn't so big and did not collect/treat such a huge amount of personal data, we would a choice between multiple providers. To read some articles, I am required to help Google improve its self driving company (Waymo "identify cars in the picturs", its OCR algo (Google Books, "write the two words"), its Maps service ("find house numbers" on Street View), etc. This free work makes Google increasingly competitive vs the alternatives, so Google can continue offering "free" services (like Recaptcha) and further compel users to work for them. You simply don't have a choice.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoIs the current situation with reCaptcha v2 really all that bad?