Comment by int_19h
2 months ago
> they're not going to re-scrape the content they already have
That's true for static content, but much of it is forums and other places like that where the main value is that new content is constantly generated - but needs to be re-scraped.
If only sites agreed on putting a machine readable URL somewhere that lists all items by date. Like a site summary or a syndication stream. And maybe like a "map" of a static site. It would be so easy to share their updates with other interested systems.
Why should they agree to make life even easier for people doing something they don't want?
You've summarized the main problem with the Internet for the past 2+ decades.
Everyone thinks they're a master fisher, and gets up in arms about those pesky users not acting dumb fish, instead trying to eat the content bait without biting the monetization hook.