What Are the Best HTTP Proxies for Reliable and Fast Web Scraping? or How Do HTTP Proxies Improve Pri

Thanks for all the input, folks! Definitely confirms my suspicions about free HTTP proxies.

Gonna test out a few premium options—leaning toward Smartproxy or Oxylabs based on your recs.

Quick Q: Anyone know if residential proxies are worth the extra cost over datacenter ones? Or is that overkill for basic scraping?

Also, lol @ the Russian gambling site redirects. Been there. Never again.