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Probably because we all think it's easier than it is to roll our own webdriver-based solution.

Source: rolled my own screenshot-diffing webdriver service



That's the blind spot of being technically competent.

You would be amazed at what the average person considers hard. For example, the idea of converting a repeatable calculation into an Excel worksheet is regarded as arcane black magic by a fraction of the professional population.

Automating a repetitive task with Excel macros? Whoa there, cowboy... Gonna have to get IT involved...




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