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		josh-sematic 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the L... At that point you’re probably spending more money blocking the scrapers than you would spend just letting them through.

lbhdc 34 days ago [–]

That seems like it would make bot blocking saas (like cloudflare or tollbit) more attractive because it could amortize that effort/cost across many clients.

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