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stopsayingsorry
8 days ago
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Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including ...
Anyone who thinks blocking datacenter ips helps with blocking scraping is a clown.
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sampullman
8 days ago
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It does, measurably. A massively popular site is going to get hammered with more advanced types of scraping, but they're going to have a team that can more easily mitigate it.
A site that doesn't care about corporate users basically loses nothing.
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anonreplier
8 days ago
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exactly, there are lots of other more effective ways to block the likes of you
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stopsayingsorry
8 days ago
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Let's hope you enjoy killing your real userbase with collateral damage, because that's the only thing you are going to accomplish.
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