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Not everything needs AI slop. Worse, predatory AI companies mean that vendors like DigiKey, Mouser, Farnell/Newark/Element14, and McMaster-Carr have to hide th
by inferiorhuman 11mo ago
Not everything needs AI slop.
Worse, predatory AI companies mean that vendors like DigiKey, Mouser, Farnell/Newark/Element14, and McMaster-Carr have to hide their sites behind anti-bot services. In practical terms that means you can expect to have to "click and hold" some stupid button for upwards of fifteen seconds just to access a page on the DigiKey site. Or maybe you'll just be flat out denied access to Farnell's catalog because you don't seem human enough.
Externalizing the costs of your cute little short cut tools has very real negative consequences for the maker community.