The stupid scrapers we're talking about are major social networks like Facebook and Twitter. At this point I think it's more about unequal power than it has an

The stupid scrapers we're talking about are major social networks like Facebook and Twitter. At this point I think it's more about unequal power than it has anything to do with developer laziness. Facebook and Twitter can tell others to add whatever stupid tags they demand, and people will comply. They can even call it a standard, and people will readily acknowledge it as such. Why change the status quo when you have the upper hand?