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I, for one, find it hilarious that "headless browsers" are even required. JavaScript interpreters serving webpages is just another amusing bit of serendipity. "

• kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
  It exists because adtech providers and CDNs punish legitimate users who don't execute untrusted code on their property.
  • Thorrez 1y ago
    Headless browsers exist because adtech providers and CDNs punish legitimate users who don't execute untrusted code on their property? If we ask the creators of headless chrome or selenium why they created them, would they say "because adtech providers and CDNs punish legitimate users who don't execute untrusted code on their property"?
    • Bjartr 1y ago
      Whether or not it's true aside, why people decide to do something and why they say something is being done don't have to match.
    • immibis 1y ago
      Another use is testing websites.