this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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Please, no, let's not do this.
Even if it wasn't made by Claude, take a moment to think about what this does to blind users and other users who rely on screen readers who disable JavaScript for whatever reason (and there are legitimate reasons).
Besides, this technique is not novel. Amazon does it to scramble their ebooks, and a random guy broke it in a couple weekends. Considering AI bros are already breaking Anubis, it's not a stretch to say they'd break this in no time flat.
Like every other DRM scheme on Earth, it harms legitimate users while doing nothing to stop the people it's supposed to stop.
Their site says they're friendly to screen readers, but we've got to do SOMETHING, yes?
Yeah, legislature that bans AI bots, for starters
101% with you.