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AI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txt (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by TravisKelce@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's up there with Do-Not-Track.

Completely pointless because it's not enforced

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Do-Not-Track, AKA, "I've made my browser fingerprint more unique for you, please sell my data"

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I bet at least one site I've visited in my lifetime has enforced it