From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   yeti  wrote:   
   > Rich  wrote:   
   >   
   >> They could, that is until google simply starts expecting JS to be   
   >> executed regardless of the value of the user agent header.   
   >   
   > Then scrapers will add JS to their agents and the users of older   
   > browsers are the only ones reliably locked out.   
      
   Which is exactly what I posted four posts back:   
      
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   > candycanearter07  wrote:   
   > >> Sylvia Else  writes:   
   > >> I'm not approving the idea; just sharing what I think they might   
   > >> have in mind when they say Javascript will help them fend off   
   > >> robots.   
   > >   
   > > It would also make it harder to scrape, since I  think  web scrapers   
   > > don't run JS by default.   
   >   
   > Which just means this will push web scrapers to start running JS.   
   >   
   > They don't run JS (yet) because they have not needed to run JS to do   
   > their scraping.  But if JS is required, and they want to scrape bad   
   > enough, they will put in support for running JS.   
      
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