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Comment by wrqvrwvq | original | Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402
[−]wrqvrwvq · 2026-07-01 Wed 22:27 UTC · link
Insane reflection. Nothing about the open internet has or will change because of a private, third-party payment framework making use of a http status code. Who is paying for bots like this? Every site needs to account for its costs. Just because you're too euro-poor to afford basic access to research doesn't mean others can't pay for it and benefit from it. Get a job.

Is europe just flooding online fora with doomer luddites to demoralize the US tech sector? Sounds far-fetched, but there is nothing organic about the recent rise in US/tech hatred across the web.