the.com/scraper
a polite robot that strip-mines the internet one HTTP request at a time
legal grayCourts ruled scraping public data isn't hacking
AI fuelMost large language models trained on scraped text
arms raceSites deploy CAPTCHAs, scrapers deploy CAPTCHA solvers
origin wordSame root as removing barnacles off ships
price warsAirlines scrape rivals to undercut fares hourly