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The business model of the site is apparently private data sales, not ad revenue.

• jaredwiener 3mo ago
  Bots don't make purchasing decisions.
  • Terr_ 3mo ago
    Some people are already trying to make that happen, but I'm convinced it'll be a net-negative.
    • jaredwiener 3mo ago
      Rephrase: Bots SHOULDNT make purchasing decisions.
      • fragmede 3mo ago
        Because... ? If I'm operating a site, and I want $X to allow a bot to scrape my site, why shouldn't the bot be allowed to make the purchasing decision to scrape the site? Obviously the bot owner would have their own set of guardrails, but if it allows sites like The numbers to stay up because bots aren't going to look at ads so the old model of displaying ads isn't going to work, I have a hard time seeing that as a bad thing.
        • jaredwiener 3mo ago
          I mean it from the consumer perspective.
  • FinnKuhn 3mo ago
    According to the post inquiries for purchasing the data increased as a result though so they might not make the decision, but they do make the suggestion.