@algernon I've written scrapers a lot over the years. But they've always been for very specific, personal projects. Most recently I wrote one to search for books at some local bookstores, and give me the option to order one. So, mainly automating tasks for myself. The idea of just wholesale scraping sites is still wild to me. And people who are doing it everywhere and so stupidly that they get caught in a tarpit deserve what they get, IMO. They should stop flooding people's servers