Comment by eurasiantiger

Yes, but:

”Your simple script goes from being small, simple, self-contained, and elegant gem, to requiring a full browser, specialized drivers, and/or daemons running just to work”

Complex problems cannot be solved by simple scripts, but they can be abstracted away to vendor libraries when/if they are well maintained, such as in this case. While it can break with time, at least someone else fixes it for you.