General_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoReddit will block the Internet Archivewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1902arrow-down19
arrow-up1893arrow-down1external-linkReddit will block the Internet Archivewww.theverge.comGeneral_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoReddit can be scraped just as much as online books and journals.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoSo what’s the point of this?
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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.