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Incumbent platforms will block your agents to protect their own models
◆ 75RelevanceOn a story from TechCrunch AI4h ago
When building agents, you can no longer rely on the open web as a permissionless data layer. This move signals that incumbents will treat agents as competitive threats rather than just automated users. Evaluate if your core value proposition survives being blocked by major platform gatekeepers.
Takeaways
- Platforms are weaponizing access to favor their own AI ecosystems.
- Reliability of agents navigating public sites is now a high-risk technical debt.
- Strategic partnerships may soon be the only way to access high-value data.
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