elcritch 4 days ago

It’s too cheap as a rate limiter as it is if you read TFA.

  • trenchpilgrim 4 days ago

    That's a configurable setting.

    • semiquaver 3 days ago

      There’s no possible setting that would make it expensive enough to deter AI scrapers while preserving an acceptable user experience. The more zeros you add the more real users suffer, despite not creating much of a challenge to datacenter-hosted scrapers.

      • loloquwowndueo 3 days ago

        Real users suffer much more if the site is entirely down due to being DDoSed by aggressive AI scrapers.