IFTTT is a legitimate use of scraping public data from websites. But forget about IFTTT, it was just used as an example. It's just an example of automation look

IFTTT is a legitimate use of scraping public data from websites. But forget about IFTTT, it was just used as an example. It's just an example of automation looking at public website content and then taking some action. You're too focused on IFTTT and not the problem with blockading publicly accessible data. For example, Zillow goes to great lengths to restrict bots, but I want to get updates if a property changes somehow on Zillow. It's publicly accessible data if you're not using a bot. "IFTTT" is just an example of a service that automates these things. I can write my own automation service, but if I'm using a bot, Zillow will block me (I've actually done this before).