How Far Can Residential and Datacenter Proxies Really Take You Before Architecture Becomes the Bottleneck?
At first, everything works. Residential proxies handle sensitive flows, datacenter proxies chew through bulk tasks, and the system scales simply by adding more IPs. When problems appear, the fix feels obvious: rotate faster, buy a larger pool, or switch providers. Then one day, adding more proxies stops helping. Success rates plateau. Some workflows become fragile….