> Manufactured scarcity is crucial to a bot’s notoriety, says a person who knows the sneaker industry and asked to remain anonymous for employment concerns. It lets us imagine the sea of PS5s that could be ours, if only we could breach through that locked door. “Creating FOMO is part of the business plan,” the person says.

Are you a programmer that wants some internet fame and name notoriety?

Write an open source bot that is free for everyone to use which duplicates these kinds of features, but is geared more towards the average person who just wants to score a single ps/5.

Flood the bot market with competition.