Cloudflare CEO says the web's future is "pay to crawl" as bots overtake human traffic

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2026-06-04
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Bot traffic now outpaces human traffic on the internet, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says, years ahead of his late 2027 forecast. He blames AI agents for the surge. His conclusion for the future of the web: "Clearly it's going to be pay to crawl." The article Cloudflare CEO says the web's future is "pay to crawl" as bots overtake human traffic appeared first on The Decoder .

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Bot traffic now outpaces human traffic on the internet, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says, years ahead of his late 2027 forecast. He blames AI agents for the surge. His conclusion for the future of the web: "Clearly it's going to be pay to crawl." The article Cloudflare CEO says the web's future is "pay to crawl" as bots overtake human traffic appeared first on The Decoder .

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