On: Bypassing website anti-scraping protections

[sydd]

> It makes us very dependent on the whims of that monopolist.

Very true. Only allow Google and you are helping them to build their monopoly. And if they have full monopoly they do what they want - including asking you money to be included in the search results.

[Spivak → sydd]

I can't even imagine how many businesses would be extatic about the ability to do this. Might as well cut out the SEO middleman.