It's 2026! Time to set some non-negotiables as work on the Web platform ramps up again.
First one up, a two-parter:
a) the Web is for human users and their user agents (aka browsers). Any network activities not directed and vetted by humans and their designated user agents or backend API calls necessary to facilitate those activities should be seen as malware and subject to blocking/banning.
b) This includes any crawlers which are not acting in service to human agency & information retrieval.