This is super weird, to say the least. Through dark patterns, publishers rarely get a choice. But making it so explicit and in-your-face is the next level of Meta's dictatorship.
If the content is not your core offering and your systems are not abused by cyberattacks, then it makes zero sense to block AI crawlers. Ai agents are your new buyers.
To me, it feels like a backward step. The opportunity was to solve for agentic shopping from anywhere in the world. Instead, they are making an Amazon clone in 2025!
This is super weird, to say the least. Through dark patterns, publishers rarely get a choice. But making it so explicit and in-your-face is the next level of Meta's dictatorship.
If the content is not your core offering and your systems are not abused by cyberattacks, then it makes zero sense to block AI crawlers. Ai agents are your new buyers.
To me, it feels like a backward step. The opportunity was to solve for agentic shopping from anywhere in the world. Instead, they are making an Amazon clone in 2025!