'Pokémon Go' dev says it needed to block scrapers to expand
 

Niantic Labs is still facing backlash from some players over blocking many third-party Pokémon Go services, but insists that the moves are necessary. In a blog post it provided a graph (without any numbers) that it says shows how much traffic...

https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/04/...ers-to-expand/