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by Terr_ 13 days ago
I think what gives me anxiety about the whole situation is:

1. If X% of the population gets wrongly branded with the scarlet letter B[ot], how do they appeal and get it fixed?

2. How will sites notice and know if their choice of "bot protection" is losing them X% of users/customers/job-seekers etc.? If it's a really robust system, they'll never even see the complaints either...

3. If everyone does detect that something is awry, will it be such a monopoly that there's no choice but to let it happen?