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# Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee
- URL: https://werd.io/web-scraping-for-me-but-not-for-thee/
- Published: 2023-08-27T15:10:46.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-27T15:10:46.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

Good commentary on the dissonance between vendors like Microsoft banning scraping of their platforms while simultaneously releasing products that depend on scraping other peoples' data. Some sort of commons agreement would go a long way here, but it won't happen while platforms can get away with this one-sided relationship. [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2023/08/web-scraping-for-me-but-not-for-thee-guest-blog-post.htm)\]