Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots
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- Points309
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#5Peak rank
2Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 30, 2026First seen
On Hacker News
- Points
- 309
- Comments
- 134
- Submitted by
- raybb
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
- Site
- techpolicy.press
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Trending history
Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 30, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 102 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #5 of 30, reached on Oct 31, 18:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 31, 18:37 UTC.
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From the discussion
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"Knowing the identity behind a crawler tells us relatively little about whether its behavior is harmful. Under the New York bill, a company that discloses its identity and then accesses the website 10,000 times a minute complies with the law even though it is still imposing enormous and likely unjustified costs on…
Genuinely asking here: is there a future where we end up with a version of the open web where everything isn’t paywalled or ID gated? The article mentions the IETF is working on standards to deal with the proposed legislature and frustration of site operators. Almost any solution is going to be at the expense of user…
This is exactly what companies like DataDome do, and sometimes Cloudflare continues to, when their bot protection pages enter endless loops. They don't even realize they are ruining the UX for thousands of legitimate users with their faulty JS browser fingerprinting verifications.
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Is Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 31, 18:37 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots reached?
#5 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 31, 18:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 30, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (102 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
309 points and 134 comments; submitted by raybb on Oct 27, 2026.