Most people who avoid web data extraction do not avoid it because it is hard. They avoid it because they believe it is hard. That belief is usually built on a set of assumptions that stopped being true a while ago. Here are ten things non-technical users consistently get wrong about extracting data from the web, and what the reality looks like today. 1. You need to know how to code This is the most common barrier, and it is largely outdated. Modern extraction tools like Minex