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They're running a service called 'craiggers' that scrapes Craigslist listings and sells an API. It's clear trademark infringement. Why would we feel bad for the
by debacle 14y ago
They're running a service called 'craiggers' that scrapes Craigslist listings and sells an API. It's clear trademark infringement. Why would we feel bad for them?
- antidaily 14y agoMaybe they had a rough childhood.
- usaar333 14y agoAlright, perhaps one can argue the name is too close. But craiggers provides a very valuable service, namely showing pictures of items as you search. It made furniture searching so much easier. I have zero sympathy for craigslist. They didn't get into their position through "years of hard work". They won the lottery (someone had to win it). They have done zero innovation (other than maybe anti-spam) for years and prevent others from innovating on top. Society wins if they are forced to open their data.