> A non-tech example is I've had guys on Tinder get legit angry at me for insisting that our first few dates have to be in public places where we drive separate
That's totally understandable though. I insist on meeting in public as well... It's the real world, safety is most important.
The thing with websites is they already allow me to make thousands of requests from my browser. What harm does it do if I make a bunch of requests from a script? I don't see it.
> The solution to the automation problem is to do what most companies do and have registered API integrations.
Yeah, those are pretty great. I always use those whenever possible. Many of the sites I use lack those though. Some have APIs so badly designed that scraping their web site actually results in fewer requests and less overhead.
That's totally understandable though. I insist on meeting in public as well... It's the real world, safety is most important.
The thing with websites is they already allow me to make thousands of requests from my browser. What harm does it do if I make a bunch of requests from a script? I don't see it.
> The solution to the automation problem is to do what most companies do and have registered API integrations.
Yeah, those are pretty great. I always use those whenever possible. Many of the sites I use lack those though. Some have APIs so badly designed that scraping their web site actually results in fewer requests and less overhead.