npteljes 22 minutes ago

Yes, it's essentially a cat and mouse game, with the ultimate conclusion that the game itself is destroyed - in the current case, the open internet.

lxgr 2 hours ago

Sounds like it'll also cost you much more, though.

  • ishouldbework an hour ago

    True, but if you are doing AI, money is mostly free.

    • lxgr an hour ago

      Eh, we'll revert to the mean at some point. Taking a loss on each unit and making up for it in volume won't scale forever.

      Unless headless browsers become cheap enough for that base cost to go to effectively zero too, of course, but I trust web bloat to continue pushing out that intersection point for a bit more.