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Just how many web scraping tools do we need? It seems like every month there's a new web scraper on HN, is that really such a common task that we need dozens of tools?

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If you don't need it don't use it.

I wasn't going to, still I think it's a fair question.

Wasn't a fair question.

Rule of thumb: If your comment amounts to “I’m not interested in this”, consider not posting it, and just look at something else instead.

My comment was very clearly asking why dozens of different web scrapers are needed.

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