Serves them right. Employers have been using AI and algorithms to weed out resumes/applications for years. To the point that the only way to get seen by an actual human is the game the system.
No one likes the nightmare dystopia of a platform that is LinkedIn. The only reason most people I know have LinkedIn accounts in the first place is because HR types have outsourced so much of their job to LinkedIn that it's viewed as professional suicide to not have a LinkedIn profile with 100s of contacts in this industry.
Recruiters don't like the GenAI and Easy Apply features on LinkedIn, it makes their jobs more difficult? Then stop making LinkedIn a mandatory account for tech workers. You have NO ONE to blame but yourselves.
Just don't read any of the nonsense that people post.
AI being weaponized on the application side hurts us all, and leads to an environment that's extremely difficult to get noticed in as a job seeker. Yes, networking helps but that's not always possible, especially if you are trying to change industries or have generally worked with smaller companies where your networking doesn't expand out much.
It also leads to less diverse environments where hiring managers only look at resumes given by friends or friends of friends.