Depends on the application. I worked on one where new customers cost upgrades of $8 related to cost of reporting requirements (similar to background checks). Le

Depends on the application. I worked on one where new customers cost upgrades of $8 related to cost of reporting requirements (similar to background checks). Letting 10k bot requests supply stolen identities was incredibly costly. Similarly, say an e-commerce business releases a limited edition product. Many users won't end up getting it anyway so blocking a few users is usually a much better experience than letting bots buy the product for resale later. On the other hand, it's absolutely infuriating when blogs/search engines come up with these.