General_Effort@lemmy.worldcake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoReddit will block the Internet Archivewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1831arrow-down110cross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1821arrow-down1external-linkReddit will block the Internet Archivewww.theverge.comGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldcake to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square155fedilinkcross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.ml
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldcakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoReddit can be scraped just as much as online books and journals.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSo what’s the point of this?
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldcakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoOther sites, eg with books and journals, are doing the same thing. They hope that they can extract more money by reducing the availability of their content.
Reddit can be scraped just as much as online books and journals.
So what’s the point of this?
Other sites, eg with books and journals, are doing the same thing. They hope that they can extract more money by reducing the availability of their content.