alt Hacker NewsThe geoblocking is mostly a desperate attempt at self defense against a flood of scrapers crushing the site for everyone. Don't take it personally unless you are one.
The geoblocking is mostly a desperate attempt at self defense against a flood of scrapers crushing the site for everyone. Don't take it personally unless you are one.
Why wouldn't I take it personally if some corporation decides that blocking their existing customers based on purported geographic location (VPNs exist, people travel etc.) is acceptable collateral damage in their presumably largely ineffective attempts to block scrapers?