At what point does an agent sitting at a browser collecting information differ from a human?
I have multiple ad-blockers running, how am I different from a bot scouring the “free” web? I get the idea of copyright and creators wanting to be paid for their content. However, I think there are plenty of human users out there not “paying” for “free” content either. Which one is a greater loss of revenue? A collection of over a million humans? Or 100 or so corporate bots?
Humans use Google Chrome from their home IP address that isn't on any blacklists, and they're always happy to make an account and download an app instead of accessing a website. Or at least that's what companies think humans are
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At what point does an agent sitting at a browser collecting information differ from a human?
I have multiple ad-blockers running, how am I different from a bot scouring the “free” web? I get the idea of copyright and creators wanting to be paid for their content. However, I think there are plenty of human users out there not “paying” for “free” content either. Which one is a greater loss of revenue? A collection of over a million humans? Or 100 or so corporate bots?
Humans use Google Chrome from their home IP address that isn't on any blacklists, and they're always happy to make an account and download an app instead of accessing a website. Or at least that's what companies think humans are