Most content has been behind a paywall / login wall for years

Solvable problems (just login or pay). This is more than just blocking anonymous scrapers. Sites are blocking access to agents even when they have a proper "ticket" for access.

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CamperBob2 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Sites are blocking access to agents even when they have a proper "ticket" for access.

(Shrug) Well, they must not want to sell anything to me.

This is not a battle that site owners want to fight. They may think it is, but they're horrifically wrong about that.

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CuriouslyC 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's insane to me that people don't see that agents are going to be how you interact with your computer going forward, almost exclusively. The people who make things hard for agents are going to get eviscerated by the people who don't just make it easy for agents to do things, but market primarily to agents rather than humans.

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johneth 14 minutes ago | parent [-]

> It's insane to me that people don't see that agents are going to be how you interact with your computer going forward, almost exclusively

You are in a bubble. Normal people (i.e. 99% of people) will not use these agentic tools:

* Some, probably most, won't use them because they don't trust them

* Agentic tool providers can't possibly supply everyone with their own free agentic tooling

* The vast majority of people will not pay providers what it will cost to run these agentic tools (or even anything)

* The vast majority of people cannot afford to buy their own hardware to run their own agentic tools in-house

* Agentic tooling is mostly useless for most people (who cares that it can check you into flights, most people don't have that kind of problem)

	▲	CamperBob2 a few seconds ago \| parent [-]
		If that's true, why bother blocking the tools? Either they are useful in saving money (and more important, hassle), or they're not.