I think this highlights the big problem with Op’s question: it’s not all about plot, character development can be as satisfying and as important even if the world objectively doesn’t change.
Edit: by this i mean your point on The last of us
The fork button exists for a reason…
You’ve fallen victim to propaganda, my friend.
It’s only mandatory if they survive the fall…
There’s no fullproof way. Even if you somehow block every crawling automation, there’s still puppeteering where the bot behaves just like a normal user.
As someone who works for a paywallled website, that’s hardly a deterrent. If the site is important enough, they will pay for accounts and crawl until the server melts
The problem is not the functionality, it’s the business model.
It’s pronounced Jamaica
I honestly forget that frequently. My general attitude when any type of believer says something I consider obvious bullshit is to spend a couple of seconds thinking we’re in on a pretend joke until it hits me.
In my head canon that was an evil laugh and no one can convince me otherwise.