Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhat is "open browsing"? And why is Reddit getting rid of it?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareWhat is "open browsing"? And why is Reddit getting rid of it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareStevelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 days agoIt almost certainly about blocking AIs from scraping the site without paying.
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoBut what stops then from making an account for the AI to login under? You mean to tell me those “are you human?” pages actually work?
minus-squareStevelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoThey can then see how fast that account is injesting pages. If it’s inhumanly fast they can stop it.
It almost certainly about blocking AIs from scraping the site without paying.
But what stops then from making an account for the AI to login under? You mean to tell me those “are you human?” pages actually work?
They can then see how fast that account is injesting pages.
If it’s inhumanly fast they can stop it.