clyro_b t1_jedps82 wrote
Ha that's funny, Google suspended my account last week from scraping data from Google
Orqee t1_jeduhnl wrote
Funny because their business model is based on scraping data from other websites. But only if you are worthy.
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frosthowler t1_jee0y0f wrote
The terms of service doesn't matter in the context of anti-competitive practices; if scraping becomes a key requirement for the development of certain services, Google can undercut all of its competitors by using its own system.
This may seem 'fair game' to you, but it's not, it's anti-competitive, and for the same reason the Supreme Court ruled against Microsoft with regards to the competitive advantage it had with Internet Explorer before Firefox and Chrome came around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
And that wasn't about forbidding--that was about merely inconveniencing.
Edit: It says it was 'partially overturned', that doesn't refer to the ruling that Microsoft was doing something illegal, it was referring to the order to break up Microsoft into two companies. That part only was overruled.
The landmark ruling resulted in the ability to develop browsers like Firefox and Chrome through Microsoft being forced to open and document its APIs, which crushed Internet Explorer.
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ChuckVader t1_jee6v8e wrote
I did!
wordholes t1_jef7lej wrote
You broke the first rules;
- be rich, be powerful
- peasants get shown the door
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