I've watched an increasing backlash against crawlers and bots. Various websites are adding defenses, proof of work scripts, anti-bot javascript apps, captchas, etc. These measures don't stop the big boy LLMs as they have the resources to automate past all these measures, but it does hammer down the new startups and bit players. At least you can have more confidence the readership numbers reflect real people within 5 to 10 percent.
So, is RR doing any of the like? Or is it just old school wide open or paying Cloudflare for their increasingly useless tech?