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"This license does not permit automated, programmatic, or agentic access except as expressly authorized under Section 4.4.— Excerpt from Instacart's Instacart Terms of Service (Superseded Capture)
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The clause states: “This license does not permit automated, programmatic, or agentic access except as expressly authorized under Section 4.4.”
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