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Hi, Selenium & Appium creator here. I've always been on the test automation side of things. The fact that these tools were also useful for scraping was an interesting coincidence to me. These days I make physical robots that are the "real world" equivalent of Selenium or Appium with a stylus that actually taps the screen and presses buttons. To websites and apps, taps and clicks are real, not emulated. Primary use is still test automation, especially when it also involves a real-world component like a credit card transaction with a credit card reader. The number of people contacting me who are interested in getting a physical robot as a way to circumvent software bot detection is increasing. Yes, scrapers will find a way.

>>hugs+(OP)
Thank you for your amazing software and for continuing to push the boundaries of test automation.

Most interesting thing I've read all week.

>>Knobbl+l8
Thanks, although I'm not active day-to-day on the Selenium and Appium projects these days. All my love to the current maintainers keeping the projects going!

>>hugs+(OP)
Wow, thank you for the great software :-) And the physical robot approach is very interesting. Of course it introduces physical world limits (you can't run 1k tests in parallel to load test the site unless you have 1k robots), but still it is very cool.