alt Hacker NewsI suppose it would depend, yeah. I find having paying customers being blocked to be completely unacceptable. Not only is a bad customer experience, but they tend to be very vocal about it. Posting online, leaving bad reviews, etc.
I suppose it would depend, yeah. I find having paying customers being blocked to be completely unacceptable. Not only is a bad customer experience, but they tend to be very vocal about it. Posting online, leaving bad reviews, etc.
Having to serve 1000x more traffic from bots is completely unacceptable for most site owners as well.
The fact that this trade-off isn't obvious indicates you haven't tried to run a site at scale and make a living off of it.