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0 pointsazinman24y ago0 comments

What are the bots goals? Curious

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To use premium settings without paying.

It appears less like malicious DDoS and more like pragmatic theft.

Could you add a symbolic, one-time fee to the "free" tier to deter multiple accounts and then implement reasonable rate-limits per-account?

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0 pointsazinman24y ago0 comments

What are the bots goals? Curious

To use premium settings without paying.

It appears less like malicious DDoS and more like pragmatic theft.

Could you add a symbolic, one-time fee to the "free" tier to deter multiple accounts and then implement reasonable rate-limits per-account?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse