Is Free Scraping Really Free? What Are the Hidden Costs? or How Reliable Is Free Scraping for Data Co

"Free scraping" is a myth unless you’re scraping like, one page a month.

After my 5th IP ban, I caved and bought Bright Data’s residential proxies. Game-changer. Also, Puppeteer + stealth plugins help avoid detection.

But yeah, if you’re not techy, free tools will eat your soul.