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Re:The /unblock API from Browserless: dodging bot detection ... by jonatron on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @05:29PM (#39531041)
You sell jastingo™ brand widgets, but you notice fakes are being sold on eBay, Amazon, AliExpress. You set up a scraper to search for jastingo widgets every day on every marketplace site, but you get blocked. So now you need an unblocker to enforce your copyright/trademark/patent.
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Re:The /unblock API from Browserless: dodging bot detection ... by iamacyborg on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @05:34PM (#39531100)
Why does it need to be that complicated? If marketplaces are selling fakes, get your lawyer to send them a letter.
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Re:The /unblock API from Browserless: dodging bot detection ... by jonatron on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @05:44PM (#39531207)
What if you have 10 brands, with 10 products each, and there's 10 marketplaces.
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Re:The /unblock API from Browserless: dodging bot detection ... by iamacyborg on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @06:35PM (#39531741)
Build a service that helps companies automate sending legal letters to marketplaces.
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Re:The /unblock API from Browserless: dodging bot detection ... by meowface on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @09:37PM (#39533245)
And that service will very likely be automatically scraping different marketplaces to detect the fake products each time they pop up again.
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