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John Spurlock argues against discriminating based on the caller, noting that "one man's bot is another man's app." He provides data showing that Buzzsprout and Red Circle are the most aggressive at blocking media requests, while most other hosting companies remain open.
Dave Jones argues that hosting companies have a contractual obligation to creators, not to abusive bots that rack up terabytes of bandwidth costs. He cites the scale of HLS abuse as a significant threat to independent hosts like Pinecast who may not be able to afford the resulting bills.
