I’m going to gift all you non-NY Times subscribers this article right now so you can read about what bots have done to the sneaker industry.

Online retailers have to do more work to prevent the wrong people from buying their merchandise. Best quote from the article:

“It’s depressing to think about,” Mr. Gordon said. “At some point, you have to ask, ‘How much time are we supposed to spend to stop people from buying our products?’”

-David Driscoll