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petcatyesterday at 7:47 PM2 repliesview on HN

ehh it's a distinction without a difference. The point is that alternative links are available to circumvent paid access for anyone that wants them.


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sandcat_yesterday at 8:16 PM

That isn’t the point being discussed. The point being discussed is that it’s bad form to abuse a service (archive.org) that is provided for free, for the public good in order to run commercial scraping operations.

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organsnyderyesterday at 8:02 PM

They're different sites, with different goals, run by different people.

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