The automation everyone shows off is one policy wave from gone

There's a conversation happening in every AI group right now that nobody wants to have publicly.

Someone asks about an automation tool. The replies are "I set it up, gave it my accounts, and it handles everything." Screenshots of results. Magic.

What gets skipped is a discussion about whether that is violating terms of service.

Automating interactions on WhatsApp without a business account. Scraping comments from YouTube and Instagram outside of approved APIs. Giving a tool your credentials to post as you across platforms.

All of it is against the rules of the platforms you're building on.

I'm not saying the tools aren't impressive. They are. But there's a difference between what a tool can do and what you're allowed to do with it. The people showing off their setups never mention the part where their accounts are one policy enforcement wave away from gone.

The ban hammers always come eventually. When they drop, they don't just kill the automation. They may take your phone number and email with them.

The question is whether you built something that survives them.