HTTP vs SOCKS proxy for automation on Selenium

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I need to automate some actions as a user on discord using Selenium, which proxy would be better? Does it matter? I will have to switch between 2 proxies.
 
Not really. Socks5 has UDP support but as far as i know, no browser actually supports it.
So might as well use HTTP for faster connection setup.
 
Let me explain the difference here:

HTTP: Fastest as compared to the other two // But Not much secure
HTTPS: Slower than HTTP but faster than SOCKS // Securer than HTTP but not so secure than SOCKS
SOCKS: Slowest as compared to the other two // But Most secured

My personal favorite is HTTPS

Also, you can configure Socks, HTTPS or HTTP via FoxyProxy on Firefox
 
You're gonna hear lots of different opinions. We oversee the scraping of billions of requests a day and in reality, it makes 0 difference in 99% of cases.
 
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