X updates its Terms to prohibit crawling/scraping of its data

skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 336 points –
X updates its Terms to prohibit crawling/scraping of its data
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But what if you do? Will you get caught?

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Lol, then they would have to demonstrate that there were damages. The worst a TOS violation will get you is a ban.

Unfortunately, they have more money to blow on legal fees. The threat of a suit is enough to keep most perks from fucking around and finding out.