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		unityByFreedom on April 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms Not all companies abuse PR to such a degree. Newegg took on patent trolls and I enjoyed hearing about that. It's just that controversial topics make the news, and if LinkedIn wants to make themselves look like idiots then you can be sure TechCrunch is going to report on that as the drama unfolds.

tomc1985 on April 19, 2022 | [–]

And that's commendable. Also very rare among large companies.

datavirtue on April 19, 2022 | [–]

As an a aside, I visited Newegg last night for the first time in quite a while. It is a depressing remnant of it's former self. Totally changed.

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