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On the bot detection front I’m less worried about the payment part because I suspect the workflow will remain that if requiring a human approval for the most part. The part that is annoying however is the bot detection preventing browsing the websites to get relevant info. Already happening a lot more than before.

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Yes! Furniture shopping especially more expensive stuff is the perfect case for this particularly because of all the research required - measurements, fabrics, styles etc. I’ve been deep in redoing my living room and have been playing with AI a bit. My most useful research has actually been reverse image search via google lens. I think there is also something here with influencers on Instagram, integrating with something like the LTK apps etc.

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Furniture is a great example/use case.

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#2 is a great question. Any predictions? I wonder how much the typical payment value chain could become distorted.

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