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June 5, 2026 ai, bots, technology

If your site is hostile to bots, your site is hostile to humans too

Argues that sites blocking bots now block the humans behind AI agents too, and urges making content API-first and agent-friendly instead of deploying CAPTCHAs and bot walls.

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