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I started putting data-testid attributes in my web app for automated testing using playwright. Prevents me from breaking my own script but it sure would make me more scrapable if anyone cared. Well.. I guess I only do it on inputs, not the rendered page which is what scrapers care most about.

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Unless you start a war against scrapers, you don't need to worry about that as I'll always find a way to scrape your site as long as its valuable to 'me'. Even if it requires Real browser + OCR :)

Oh I know I couldn't prevent it. But if you wanted to scrape me, you'd have to pay the monthly subscription because everything is behind a pay wall/login. And then you'd only have access to data you entered because it's just that kind of app :-)

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