• phantomwise@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Nice of them to protect their (users’) content from AI scrapping. So that they can charge AI companies for it instead.

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      They aren’t doing that. They are protecting content from being scraped for free. Reddit is perfectly happy to charge for AI access to user-generated content.

      • ebolapie@lemmy.world
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        No, that’s not what’s happening. They’re preventing scrapers from accessing the content at no charge. They’re totally willing to make deals for access to their content in exchange for money.

        • GunValkyrie@lemmy.world
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          Almost, but they are really making it so they can charge ai companies for user data and not allow scrappers to get the data for free.