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by mfiro 656 days ago
I think, one other side effect of this is the increasing restrictions on VPN usage for accessing big websites, pushing users towards logging in or using (mobile) apps instead. Recent examples include X, Reddit, and more recently, YouTube, which has started blocking VPNs.

I'm also concerned that Free and open APIs might become a thing of the past as more "AI-driven" web scrapers/crawlers begin to overwhelm them.