Post #12943 113 Dec 29, 2025, 22:29 UTC The rise and fall of robots.txthttps://www.theverge.com/24067997/robots-txt-ai-text-file-web-crawlers-spidershttps://redd.it/1pytqia@programmingreddit The Verge The rise and fall of robots.txt As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.