Flooding your public website form isn't a crime in the same way prank calling a customer service line isn't a crime.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/supreme-court-overturn...
> the Court adopted a “gates-up-or-down” approach: either you are entitled to access the information or you are not.
To me, it sounds like you are entitled to submit a job application or you are not. I don't see how a charge under the CFAA for submitting an application would stick, when they are inviting the public to submit applications.
You can't make someone using your computer a crime just by retroactively deciding that you don't like they way someone used it.
They are also the reason many corporations are immoral.
Or: most unions are legitimately just trying to improve the situation for their workers, and many business owners have a conscience and weigh more than profits in their business decisions. It’s mostly the mega-wealthy who have become disconnected from normal humans and give us these Snidely Whiplash characterizations that ultimately paint both sides with a bad brush.
Is it worse than what kelloggs is doing, spending money to replace striking workers rather than giving them a raise?
Maybe it's the Scots Borderer in me, but it warms my heart.