Re: [Lynx-dev] New response to lynx

[David Woolley]

On 09/11/2020 22:31, dan d. wrote:
> Recently I got something similar and they said this was the reason the page was 
> being blocked to me.--
>
> Has anyone else seen this?

I would say that would be the main reason for blocking Lynx explicitly, 
although I would have thought it unusual to be so honest about it.

For most web sites, you are the product, and if you are not compatible 
with the sorts of adverts that their ad-servers serve, you are a 
defective product.

The other reason for a conscious decision to block Lynx was its ability 
to be used in bulk downloading.  Firstly because it may be used to read 
offline, without the adverts, and secondly because they are afraid you 
might save the data content for offline use, and therefore not come back 
repeatedly, for more helpings of adverts, or may even use them as the 
basis of your own web site.