I’m getting really tired of “verify you’re not a bot” checks everywhere.
I understand these checks help prevent bots, but they seem to appear on so many websites now. Does anyone else find them frustrating?
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I am not turning off my fucking adblocker, which is the only thing from that list that I use.
I wouldn't be surprised if even using Firefox triggers it or something stupid like that.
Not what I was suggesting. Ad blockers are complex and you may be able to turn some piece off to avoid excessive bot checks without any noticeable difference. Ublock origin especially has about a million little bits you can turn on or off individually. Some people add a bunch of third party lists to theirs without understanding what they are even blocking.
The same with tracking blockers, there are degrees and the more extreme they are the more you have to deal with the kind of tests OP is complaining about.
I still use the default settings on uBlock Origin.
I'm not going to waste my time fiddling with shit, which is likely to need changing again and again,because of those fucking bots ruining the internet being increasingly more predatory.
I really don't get why you're so upset at me explaining why OP is experiencing these issues.
You are blaming the victim.
They're not blaming anyone, that's what you're failing to understand.
This is the reality of why it's happening. The choice is to put up with it or try to do something about it.
Strong "What were you wearing?" vibes.
I use default uBlock Origin, no VPN, nothing else. I get those annoying bot verification loading things ALL THE FUCKING TIME on my home PC and at work and on my mobile phone. I know it is a response to bots scraping everything maliciously. I am doing the bare minimum.
Being told "The user probably did something to their security they could just change" when I'm doing the bare minimum is being told it is probably something I did and not the fact that the whole mess created bots is the problem and being annoying by all this verification shit is somehow my fault.
Fuck that.
Excuse the fuck out of me? Comparing this discussion in ANY fucking way to rape is completely off the fucking charts.
Jesus Christ.
I'm blocking you and you can absolutely fuck ALL the way off, you fucking regressive piece of shit.
Have fun rotting in your self-absorbed refusal to understand basic fucking language.
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You've got the analogy wrong.
It's a fucking insane analogy but I'll humor you and work with the framework you've provided:
Rapists (AI scrapers) attacked the actual victims (site owners) causing them grievous harm (massive bandwidth bills). So the victims put a barrier in place to seeing them at all (anti-bot tech).
Now you've come along complaining that you have to pass the bouncer to look at tits.
You've told the victims "your defense is inconveniencing me" instead of going after the rapists, or accepting that the protective measures are necessary.
Good job.
Both the sites defending against bots and the people who have extra hurdles to using those sites are victims. The people are using adblockers because ads are malicious and there is a conflict between the people and the sites.
The person I reaponded to blamed people for using adblockers and other security features for causing their own experience with sites doing an obnoxious number of verification steps. If they just said it was conflict or something they wouldn't be blaming, but they said that the person was the one who caused fhe issues by trying to protect themselves.
It isn't complicated once you understsnd that sites are not the only victims and shit rolls downhill. The original source of the problem doesn't invalidate the victim blaming.
No, they were responding to YOU saying that you refuse to engage with the settings of your ad blocker to whitelist certain sites.
Your unwillingness to be part of the solution is not victim blaming. Your analogy was shit.
Yes, there are multiple different victims. We all have to make accommodations. As a site operator it costs me time and money to stop the bot attacks. The least you can do as a user is learn how to adjust your ad blocker settings.
You don't usually have to whitelist the whole site, just elements is my understanding. Some people have knowledge or patience to di this, others don't. At any rate, there's no need for hostility from that user.
Yes you can just allowlist certain elements, but that's a whole of effort for a site you presumably trust. For most people, just allowlisting the site that's giving them issues is enough.
And yeah, that other user is...weird
I should have just worn something different. Got it.
You should've never compared ads to rape.
Using real sexual assault victims' suffering as your punchline is disgusting
If you spend half as much energy commenting against advertisers, or actually supporting rape victims, I'd be in shock.