[burningion]

This is why an on device browser is coming.

It'll let the AI platforms get around any other platform blocks by hijacking the consumer's browser.

And it makes total sense, but hopefully everyone else has done the game theory at least a step or two beyond that.

[ghm2180]

You mean like calaude code's integration with play right ?

[buzzerbetrayed]

No, because playwright can be detected pretty easily and blocked. It needs to be (and will be) using the same browser that you regularly browse with.

[Jommi]

detecting playwright is not "easy"... It can be done but its cat and mouse. Playwright in non headless mode is nearly impossible to detect.

[CharlieDigital]

Its the other way around: it's easier to detect because detectors are looking for specific "fingerprints" and may even try to run specific JavaScript that will only work when there is a UI present.

(Source: did a ton of web scraping and ran into a few gnarly issues and sites and had to write a p/invoke based UI automation scraper for some properties)

[sumedh]

Perplexity already launched it.