<b>Spotted: the scraping-based tools standing on a legal cliff edge</b>

<b>Spotted: the scraping-based tools standing on a legal cliff edge</b>
Many "competitor intelligence" and follower-analytics tools never had API access — they scrape, and platforms are litigating harder against it each year. The risk to you isn't moral, it's continuity: one cease-and-desist and the data feed dies with no warning email. The tell is data no official API exposes — full follower lists, private-ish engagement breakdowns, deleted-post tracking. Useful, fragile, and not yours to rely on. If a workflow depends on scraped data, keep a sanctioned backup source. Watching this.