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Right but there were so few people using operator to buy stuff that it's easier to just block ~ all data center ip addresses. If this becomes a "thing" (remains to be seen, for sure) then that becomes a significant revenue stream you're giving up on. Companies don't block bots because they're Speciesist, it's bec usually bots cost them money - if that changes, I assume they'll allow known chatgpt-agent ip addrs


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