I wasn't aware they moved to hCaptcha. On one hand, I understand it to some degree, since it's a way to offset the losses caused by malicious actors who are usi

I wasn't aware they moved to hCaptcha. On one hand, I understand it to some degree, since it's a way to offset the losses caused by malicious actors who are using captcha farms, and they can dedicate those additional resources to better detection and blocking. But as you say, it gives them an awful incentive, and just feels slimy in general. It also potentially provides an incentive to profit from the growing interest in privacy and anonymization among the general public. The more who people who start using Tor or certain VPNs to mask their activity (as opposed to those using them for malicious purposes - the number of such people may not be growing nearly as quickly), the more they profit. They should definitely go back to reCAPTCHA.