Andy Reid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txtwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1782arrow-down112
arrow-up1770arrow-down1external-linkAI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txtwww.theverge.comAndy Reid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squarelily33@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down14·10 months agoWhat social contract? When sites regularly have a robots.txt that says “only Google may crawl”, and are effectively helping enforce a monolopy, that’s not a social contract I’d ever agree to.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months agoI had a one-eared rabbit. He was a monolopy.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months ago When sites regularly have a robots.txt that says “only Google may crawl” Is that actually true? If so, why would they do that?
What social contract? When sites regularly have a
robots.txtthat says “only Google may crawl”, and are effectively helping enforce a monolopy, that’s not a social contract I’d ever agree to.I had a one-eared rabbit. He was a monolopy.
Is that actually true?
If so, why would they do that?