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		matt-p 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Curl-impersonate: Special build of curl that can i... I do kind of yern for the simpler days when if a website didn't mind bots it allowed it and if they did they blocked your user agent.

andrethegiant 7 days ago [–]

Back then websites weren’t so resource intensive. The negative backlash towards bots is kind of a side effect of how demanding expectations of web experiences has become.

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