random idea, instead of blocking scrapers, maybe detect them (via user-agent, request patterns, ignoring robots.txt) and serve them garbage data wrapped in dad

random idea, instead of blocking scrapers, maybe detect them (via user-agent, request patterns, ignoring robots.txt) and serve them garbage data wrapped in dad jokes. if (isSuspiciousScraper(req)) { return res.json({ data: getDadJoke(), artist: "Rick Astley", // always album: "Never Gonna Give You Up" }); }