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by pal9000i 411 days ago
The whole point of AI browser automation is mimicking human behaviour, fighting the anti-bot detection systems. If the point is interacting with systems, we'd be using APIs
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How can I find for myself an affordable accommodation in Iceland across several websites aggregating cheap accommodation but without signing API access contract with all of them and without building a middleware to abstract them?

I don't have API for _that_.

No, it's to automate tasks that can't be done using an API, like RPA.
you're saying essentiall the same thing as the parent comment, both are true

anti-bot fingerprinting exists to prevent you from using the human-facing site like an API

...when there is an API. Often there isn't.