There a many services that can get around a Google Recaptcha. They are not free, but cost roughly $2 for 1000 recaptchas. This means is that recaptcha makes thi

There a many services that can get around a Google Recaptcha. They are not free, but cost roughly $2 for 1000 recaptchas. This means is that recaptcha makes things more expensive, but still surmountable. Services that use recaptcha should consider why they are using them. Preventing spam, stealing proprietary data, and preventing actual harm are legitimate reasons. On the other hand, stopping free information from becoming truly free is bad. For example, numerous U.S. government agencies use captchas to prevent scraping or analyzing of public documents. These government organizations provide "public access" in the narrowest possible sense, making it difficult to search for a specific record or analyze data in bulk. If they can't do it, they should allow others to try.