@dbarabander

Obviously, Web2 companies do not like users controlling their own data. One of their favorite legal hammers to stop this is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which provides a private right of action against a person who “intentionally accesses a computer without authorization.” Specifically, Web2 companies love to sue products/services that empower users to export their data under the CFAA. Here's an example of X doing this against a scraping company: https://natlawreview.com/article/x-corp-lawsuits-target-data-scraping.

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