• chunes@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    pointless software that I don’t know why anyone uses.

    a bot can waste cycles on nothing just as easily as I can

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      36 minutes ago

      pointless software that I don’t know why anyone uses.

      Because it evidently reduces AI scraper traffic.

    • deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de
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      6 hours ago

      The point is how expensive it is. For your 1 request, you wait 2 seconds, and the power draw is a minor inconvenience. For the massive botfarm, it adds up to days of CPU time and a significant portion of the electricity bill.