You may be missing that it's easy and free for website owners to fix the problem. But it's hacker news after all. If somebody is bothered by a leaf falling on them on their walk to the corner store, the suggested solution here will be to have a full communist revolution.

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nba456_ 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It is absolutely not free or easy to stop bots.

	▲	carlosjobim an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Millions upon millions of people use Cloudflare to stop bots for free, and there are other alternatives as well. It's incredibly easy. So no, there's just as much need for government intervention, as there is a need for the government to stop leaves from falling on you when you're walking to the corner store.