@yassie_j exactly...
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110918058789885260

For #bots and those operating them, #MachineTime is the cost-creating factor, thus they want to speedrun their shit to maximize #botting effectivity with the least amount of [billable!] computation time [at their hosters!]...

@trashheap @Raspberry_Pi The worse part of this is that #scalpers #botting their #distributors are the problem, and people buying from said #ValueRemoving #rentseekers instead of the distributors, when the only winning move is to starve those into insolvency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6eM5OZtm0&t=108s

@ppatel #Captchas in general should be outlawed as #antiAccessibility features!

AFAIK, @stux combats #botting via verification eMail and rate-limiting registrations...