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tekacstoday at 4:32 AM2 repliesview on HN

I mean that they're telling developers that they should use Cloudflare's platform to build agents, the kind of agents that would go across the web and act on behalf of users... but then they're also the ones blocking those requests.

This always engenders a solid amount of distaste from me, because much like Google and Chrome, it creates the incentive for you to treat yourself better than others. Especially coupled with the trust stuff. Of course, Cloudflare is always going to trust their own platform.


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samrustoday at 8:20 AM

There are ways to use those agents ethically. Cloudflare isnt forcing you to be a dick with your agents. Infact the blocking side encourages you to use them ethically. I dont see the problem.

stingraycharlestoday at 6:34 AM

I thought the issue people have with AI scrapers is the ones that DDoS sites to scrape everything for training purposes, rather than the ones that interactively query specific content to support an active conversation?

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