Can Developers Actually Use Code Fetched From HttpService:GetAsync()?

As you know, HttpService:GetAsync() returns a string of HTML code. Are developers actually able to use this code1 in any way?

1 Please do not ask why developers would use the code, that is not the question.

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Yeah, you can create an HTML interpreter. Somebody once made a “DevForum Viewer” and that’s what they did. I’ve actually been working on one on the side as well.

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Yeah, that’s what I’m almost done making. I was just wondering if displaying other sites was allowed.

I assume if it’s filtered (or manually approved by the developer) and not copyrighted, maybe even filtering any direct references to the websites (i.e. replace weather.com with weather) it’s fine.

Yes, all text is filtered through :FilterStringAsync. Websites are not even displayed as this is a html+css to GUI module. If someone were to create a web browser, they can use the metadata that is provided through the module but the module itself does not display the website URL (when converting to GUI).