Capturing XHR / Fetch Calls the Page Makes

Why is capturing the XHR calls a page makes such a HIGH-LEVERAGE scraping technique?

• AIt's the only way to scrape modern sites
• BPages typically fetch their data as JSON; capturing reveals the underlying API, which you can then hit directly with HTTP, 10-50x faster than driving a browser
• CIt bypasses CAPTCHAs
• DIt encrypts the request