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Delegability: Yes, please. :) I like writing a small apps that scrape some service's data to my local DB and then use the data locally (being able to combine th
by megous 6y ago
Delegability: Yes, please. :) I like writing a small apps that scrape some service's data to my local DB and then use the data locally (being able to combine them in my own ways).
Imagine a postgresql database where bunch of these scraping interfaces load data into per-service schemas, and you can then join/union across schemas, integrating data from several different online services in creative ways.
Too bad this bill is targeted at huge services only. Though those are mostly the ones that try to obfuscate and hinder access to data.
I can already use up one hand counting the webistes that just deleted all user contributed content or disappeared for other reasons where if I didn't do this, the content would be lost completely to me. Or services (like online banking) that just offer 2-3 year history, and you need to pay to access older data.
Just allow users to write their own clients.