Can't speak for GP, but I wouldn't - privacy is already eroding at a startling rate, and more KYC for things that really don't need it is just a further affront to human rights. (See also the FCC's recent request for comments on requiring government-issued ID to use a cell phone.)

i installed the playwright MCP to let my agent access walled sites (specifically ebay and WSJ). i noticed that 90% of the time it was bounced from a site, it just reached out to a different site that wasn't walled, and i think it's the right move: most information exists at multiple places on the web, it's cheaper and _faster_ to just skip over walled sources.

for the forum example: many forums have a policy to only allow access to attachments to logged-in users. i can't remember the last time i registered at a new forum just to view an attachment: the effect has always been to drive me elsewhere. no complaints -- these solutions work if your goal is to reduce load. i'm suspicious that they can drive monetization outside of a very few niches.

I thought the goal was to only charge agents a fee, which would either 1. stop agents from scraping your site non-stop and eliminate the need for a captcha, making the human experience better or 2. make the owner of the site some money in exchange for a bajillion bots scraping their content.

Maybe that's too optimistic though based on the responses in this thread.