From: mechanicjay@sol.smbfc.net   
      
   On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:57:21 -0700,   
   Retrograde  wrote:   
   >On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:00:12 -0000 (UTC)   
   >Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   >> A lot of companies are making a comfortable living by selling goods or   
   >> services online: Amazon, DoorDash, Uber etc. A key part of the   
   >   
   >> But what if the visitors to your site are AI bots, looking for deals   
   >> on behalf of a human that ends up one step removed from contact with   
   >> you? Then all those ads and extra persuasive messages fall on the   
   >> worst kind of deaf ears -- no ears at all. The human says to the AI   
   >   
   >So basically, tech innovation for me, but not you.  Kind of bullshit,   
   >if you ask me.   
      
   I read it as "PROFIT for me, but not for thee", though the end result is the   
   same BS.   
      
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