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lately i've been seeing so many platforms removing API access to their data specifically to deter AI from scraping them (see reddit and riot games' league of legends replay system), which overall just makes the internet more closed than ever, something that is inherently against the point of the net

Jason Lengstorf@jason.energy

something I don't like about the current state of tech is how things are actively moving to secret/unwritten rules in an effort to prevent AI from gaming systems. backchannels have always been a thing (both good and bad) but feels like they're becoming the ONLY option

10/10/26, 11:49 pm3 reposts41 likes

Geezer Soze

@plinytheelder-t.bsky.social

"we're not going to let you steal the shit we stole from everyone else."

Scott Hadfield

@hadsie.com

It's also an attempt to fully-silo their data, because they know they can't compete if anyone can just vibe code an alternative and pull all the user data. Strava and Garmin connect fall into this category.

Ezra🦋

@ezraboeth.com

which I don't really understand. there are so many models nowadays pretrained on the entire internet and more. it's not like locking down more data is going to hurt AI at this point

Aaron Mills 🏳️‍⚧️

@cloudhunter.co.uk

And the AI will just then use the raw web pages... It isn't even going to slow them down. It's just sad.