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Using web browsers to access apps is actually a boon in this regard: the whole UI is exposed via the DOM, and you can use JavaScript to interact with it for macros -- and it's cross platform as it works on any OS that can run a web browser!

In contrast Automator/AppleScript only works on macOS afaict.

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But then you got the ugliest DOM. I left FaceBook because I was trying to curate my friends list (2k+) down to only the person I know in the real world. But the Unfriend process was a dark pattern and automating it was more work than it was worth. Instagram was worse.

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