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I disagree, a browser can have javascript execution disabled (and this is somewhat common in scraping to save time/resources).

I read it to mean: "A browser that doesn't execute the JavaScript bundle won't have [the rendered React elements]." Which is true.



Wouldn't a browser that doesn't execute JS also not execute the browser fingerprinting code in the first place?


If JavaScript is disabled, why use a headless browser instead of making HTTP requests directly?




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