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1. Jcampuzano2 · 1790012279 · focus · HN ↗

   Agents don't click through or interact with ads or get influenced by things like lightning deals, snap promotions, "others who bought X bought Y" and such the same way a human does. This is likely a large portion of the reasoning.

   This is just going to get worse before it gets better. More large sites are likely going to block or attempt to block agents because they're so reliant on ads for revenue or exploiting human psychology.

   1. svachalek · 1790013591 · focus · HN ↗

      Yeah subscriptions are another big one. So many profits today are generated by bleeding off customers that just can't deal with the hoops they need to jump through to get unsubscribed. Tasking that to an agent would destroy the whole model.

      1. sejej · 1790013963 · focus · HN ↗

         You’re deluded if you think it’s as an easy as ‘send agent task, hey Presto - done’.

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