Wow, thanks for all the replies! Definitely gonna try undetected-chromedriver and those JS scroll tricks.
Quick follow-up: Anyone tried combining selenium with a headless browser like Playwright? Wondering if it’s worth the switch or just another rabbit hole.
Also, big shoutout for the yt-dlp suggestion—didn’t realize it could pull metadata that cleanly. Might pivot to that for some tasks.
Appreciate the tips, y’all! This thread’s a goldmine.
Quick follow-up: Anyone tried combining selenium with a headless browser like Playwright? Wondering if it’s worth the switch or just another rabbit hole.
Also, big shoutout for the yt-dlp suggestion—didn’t realize it could pull metadata that cleanly. Might pivot to that for some tasks.
Appreciate the tips, y’all! This thread’s a goldmine.
