Sounds like you should write an article about this! I've never heard of Akismet so I'd be curious to see more info on your findings.
CAPTCHAs today are horrible. I don't even bother with most webpages that require them at this point. In a similar vain, I don't bother with sites that send me in a never-ending Cloudflare loop just because I lock down my browser to limit what sites can and cannot do. It's particularly tyrannical when I am either sent in a loop or asked to complete a captcha for a non-interactive page.
CAPTCHAs today are horrible. I don't even bother with most webpages that require them at this point. In a similar vain, I don't bother with sites that send me in a never-ending Cloudflare loop just because I lock down my browser to limit what sites can and cannot do. It's particularly tyrannical when I am either sent in a loop or asked to complete a captcha for a non-interactive page.