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minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoBut they can still scrape it, it just costs them computation?
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoCorrect. Anubis’ goal is to decrease the web traffic that hits the server, not to prevent scraping altogether. I should also clarify that this works because it costs the scrapers time with each request, not because it bogs down the CPU.
But they can still scrape it, it just costs them computation?
Correct. Anubis’ goal is to decrease the web traffic that hits the server, not to prevent scraping altogether. I should also clarify that this works because it costs the scrapers time with each request, not because it bogs down the CPU.