And on the web side, fingerprinting is rampant and there are JS challenges in cloudflare, imperva, etc which make it trickier. Frustrating to run a whole browser with a virtual screen, load the whole page which is ofc like 15mb of JS and other trash, just to do a very simple thing.
Granted, smaller fish like the ones OP is referring to generally don't have aggressive anti automation measures in place, so it can be easy...but generally these techniques don't work if the operator has put the proper measures in place.
Granted, smaller fish like the ones OP is referring to generally don't have aggressive anti automation measures in place, so it can be easy...but generally these techniques don't work if the operator has put the proper measures in place.