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To be clear, I wouldn't consider the scraping of their data as a ripoff. Border-line unethical? May be. But far, far from a ripoff. The ripoff can be if google
by badclient 15y ago
To be clear, I wouldn't consider the scraping of their data as a ripoff. Border-line unethical? May be. But far, far from a ripoff.
The ripoff can be if google was trying to use their name which would effectively be phishing. I don't see them really pushing hard on that accusation.
- timerickson 15y agoScraping their data is against the TOS you have to agree to before using it. So yes, it is illegal if they're violating the TOS.