Thank god for residential proxies.

Highly unethical but the way the internet is going they're the last anti-hero of a somewhat open internet

By providing a way for corporate AI scrapers to operate with impunity and force the last few independently-run websites to move to the cloud?

zuzululu 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

i know a few very large startups that used it to fake their way into an exit

unethical yes but really raises the question as to what we see is real or not

	▲	morkalork an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Money is real. DAU that don't pay subscriptions, or don't lead to paid conversions on hosted ads, are worthless.
	▲	BoorishBears an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"Raises the question of what we see is real" No they really don't, dishonest founders do that. You're one with the lower case shibboleth so I have no doubt you surround yourself with dishonest founders, but faking users is pretty damn low on the usecases for residential proxies. I said they're unethical because they tend to be hidden in innocuous seeming apps or sprung on unwitting individuals via clickwraps on their smart devices.