• zovits@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Takes more effort and results in a static snapshot without being able to track the evolution of the project. (disclaimer: I don’t work with ai, but I’d bet this is the reason and also I don’t intend to defend those scraping twatwaffles in any way, but to offer a possible explanation)

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      1 day ago

      Also having your victim host the costs is an added benefit