Ultimately people want information from scraping, because to a lot of businesses, the information is what's valuable. Consider, apart from a tool for general p

Ultimately people want information from scraping, because to a lot of businesses, the information is what's valuable. Consider, apart from a tool for general purpose scraping, what information a specialized scraper might obtain for a valuable but underserved industry that can profit from the data. I have a buddy that scrapes data specifically for the tanker/shipping industry, for example. General purpose scraping will involve a lot of competition and a bit of an arms race. Niche scraping lets you fly a little below the radar.