Data Scraping
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes
Startups For the Rest of Us 
Capital Allocators
3 statements about Data Scraping, every show
Reimer: Native mobile apps do not stop determined data scrapers
“And if someone is an unethical actor and they want to get your data, you know, whether it's like taking screenshots from a mobile app or sniffing network traffic to figure out what your, you know, your network API endpoints are for getting that data into the m…”
Walling: Anti-scraping fears should not justify going mobile-only
“My guess is, it's a problem you'll have eventually, but it's not the first thing I'd be worrying about. Like, I'd be worried about, are customers willing to pay me for this? Can I build a business to five, 10, 15 K a month? You know, whatever your goals are. L…”
Galbraith: Quant and AI data scraping is a tough arms race
“All the dough seems to be moving more towards quant, more towards artificial intelligence, more towards data scraping, all these kinds of things. And I just think that's a tough game to win. It's kind of like an arms race. And some folks can do it. I think at …”