Cloudflare CEO says the web's future is "pay to crawl" as bots overtake human traffic
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In three linesCloudflare CEO Matthew Prince states bot traffic now exceeds human traffic on the internet, years ahead of his late 2027 forecast. He attributes the surge to AI agents. His conclusion for the web's future: "pay to crawl."Read source
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