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Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence (blog.curiousquail.com)

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Not sure if we're saying harvesting data is good or bad...

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[–] Forester@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago*

Stealing is bad but we celebrate Robin Hood because he stole from the corrupt and gave to the needy

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