this post was submitted on 14 May 2025
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[–] self@awful.systems 10 points 1 week ago (10 children)

at least OpenAI and probably others do currently use commercial residential proxying services, though reputedly only if you make it obvious you’re blocking their scrapers, presumably as an attempt on their end to limit operating costs

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Oh never heard of that. I have blocked their scrapers via agents but I haven't felt residential proxy pain.

[–] self@awful.systems 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] zogwarg@awful.systems 2 points 4 days ago

Infinite-garbage-maze does seem more appealing than "proof-of-work" (the crypto parentage is yuckish enough ^^) as a countermeasure, though I would understand if some would not feel confortable with direct sabotage—say for example a UN organization.

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