Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 days agoWhat is "open browsing"? And why is Reddit getting rid of it?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down13
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhat is "open browsing"? And why is Reddit getting rid of it?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squarehal_baleigh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·10 days agoSame reason why every other social media site has done it, they want to to create an account and sell your data.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 days agoIt almost certainly about blocking AIs from scraping the site without paying.
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 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-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoThey can then see how fast that account is injesting pages. If it’s inhumanly fast they can stop it.
Same reason why every other social media site has done it, they want to to create an account and sell your data.
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.