[Aeolun]

What about if I want the headless browser to look exactly the same? Why should we make a distinction between humans and machines?

[sagebird]

If I run a soup kitchen, and Google is sending robots to my establishment which are indistinguishable from humans, I should I have the right to ask if the client is a robot.

I would hope that Google's robots would not be programmed to lie to me, but would be honest.

If robots are required to be honest, then I have a choice to serve them or not. If they are not honest, I do not have a choice.

[charcircuit]

Then don't add code to your site to make it work different?

>Why should we make a distinction between humans and machines?

Because machines can be used to abuse a site at a scale that humans can't. Site owners want to protect their site against abuse.

[Aeolun]

By modifying the browser. It feels like DRM by a different name to me.

[charcircuit]

Okay? I don't care what you call it. It will reduce the amount of abuse in the world and that is a good thing.