# If you block an AI agent, you are teaching it to recommend someone else

- Source: Fortune
- Published: 2026-10-27T12:30:00+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/10/27/block-ai-agents-recommend-competitors-agent-readiness/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/if-you-block-an-ai-agent-you-are-teaching-it-to-recommend-someone-else-93c2fc/

Agents that get turned away don’t complain. They just stop sending your customers to you.

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