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Won't switching to WASM do away with the ability to web scrape?
by sys_64738 6y ago
Won't switching to WASM do away with the ability to web scrape?
- detaro 6y agoa) it is unlikely the majority of the web will "switch to WASM" b) what does "switching to WASM" mean for you? If it still generates a DOM or access a private API, many scraping techniques don't care.
- chundicus 6y agowhy would it?
- dotancohen 6y agoMuch scraping is done with automated control of a (possibly headless) web browser. It runs all the same scripts and has all the same features as a standard web browser for sighted users.