"Non-consensually", as if you had to ask for permission to perform a GET request to an open HTTP server.
Yes, I know about weev. That was a travesty.
Your browser has a bug, if you leave my webpage open in a tab, because of that bug, it's going to close the connection, reconnect, new tls handshake and everything and re-request that page without any cache tag, every second, everyday, for as long as you have the tab open.
That feels kinda problematic, right?
Web servers block well formed clients all the time, and I agree with you, that's dumb. But servers should be allowed to serve only the traffic they wish. If you want to use some LLM client, but the way that client behaves puts undue strain on wy server, what should I do, just accept that your client, and by proxy you, are an asshole and just accept that?
You shouldn't put your rules on my webserver, exactly as much I my webserver shouldn't put my rules on yours. But i believe that ethically, we should both attempt to respect and follow the rules of the other. Blocking traffic when it starts to behave abusively. It's not complex, just try to be nice and help the other as much as you reasonably can.