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minus-squarekcweller@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoRobots.txt expects that the client is respecting the rules, for instance, marking that they are a scraper. AI scrapers don’t respect this trust, and thus robots.txt is meaningless.
Robots.txt expects that the client is respecting the rules, for instance, marking that they are a scraper.
AI scrapers don’t respect this trust, and thus robots.txt is meaningless.