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by inetknght 1610 days ago
> in order to protect their systems from spam and abuse

Spam and abuse would fall afoul of the CFAA in the US and similar laws in the EU.

Outside of the US? Well maybe those apps shouldn't even be available in the US or EU.

Spam and abuse only happens because the criminals perpetuating it do it without real consequence.