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cute_boi • today at 1:27 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

I tried to register a new account with Google yesterday to use their latest model, but they banned me after, like, five minutes. They asked me to scan a QR code with my phone and even asked for a selfie. After I completed all the steps, they told me I might be using a bot and that my account had been deleted...

But apparently, it’s okay for that same Google to unleash bots to scrape entire websites...


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visarga • today at 4:55 AM

Anti-bot arguments are pro-platform control of user behavior.