CAMERON WILSON (@cameronwilson.bsky.social)
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The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers. AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
    • ZagorathEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yeah shockingly bad. I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise that HN leans libertarian and views equality as a bad thing, but the extent of it was still a bit of a shock.