The Verge examines restrictions on AI-agent access by flight-booking, finance, shopping, and information services. Besides security and fraud prevention, it identifies data fees and control over customer relationships as motivations. User reports should be distinguished from official company policies. Related analysis contrasts Shopify’s partnered checkout paths with Amazon’s restrictions, showing that contracts and authentication can determine what the same automation is allowed to do. Not every site blocks agents completely, and bot-detection errors may persist even on partner routes.