The internet is bifurcating into companies that block agents and those that embrace them
brezina · x · 2026-11-06
immad argues that blocking AI agents is bad security: founders already use agents, so bans just push people to share logins or let agents drive browsers with no guardrails or audit trail. brezina adds that the internet is splitting into a cohort of companies that block agents and one that embraces them — and asks which side wins.
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