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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All   
   Re: [LINK] Google begins requiring JavaS   
   24 Feb 25 05:38:09   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:00:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
      
   > It would also make it harder to scrape, since I /think/ web scrapers   
   > don't run JS by default.   
      
   I don’t see why it’s so hard to do. Toolkits like PhantomJS and Selenium   
   have been commonplace for years, for precisely this sort of use. They’re   
   in the standard Debian repos, so should be available in derivatives   
   thereof -- check your distro with an apt-cache search.   
      
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