> I wanted the information and I have no way of getting at it without investing my own time and effort in going to your website.
Substitute the word “website” for book, or training course, or documentary or published paper, or patent or one of hundreds of examples.
Now you see the problem.
And if you believe that blocking bots is bad, then by all means provide a better alternative that doesn't increase costs for sysadmins. If you believe that the website should just be improved, then by all means feel free to provide instructions on what should be improved and exactly how so that we don't ever have to block bots anymore. I'm sure all the sysadmins having to deal with issues like this one will thank you