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This is legitimately a dangerous practise. You are closing off your website from blind people and ethical web scrapers when you do this.

• rpmisms 7y ago
  Closing off your website from blind people and ethical web scrapers != dangerous. Just a dick move.
  • WilliamEdward 7y ago
    what if your website offers medical advice? Some people have to maintain things like WebMD.
    • rpmisms 7y ago
      WebMD is not a reliable source of medical information.
  • kube-system 7y ago
    Sometimes it’s illegal. I’m sure I’m not the only developer here who has had to write accessible code to fulfill a project’s legal requirement.
    • rpmisms 7y ago
      You're correct, and I work for an organization that explicitly promises accessible websites. Gov't sites also require accessibility.