Various tools can and do deal with the spew though. Ofhand, script (typescript), screen, and tmux. If you're running a session through a serial terminal emulator (e.g., minicom), that would be another instance.
I'm not going to claim these are particularly mainstream uses (though I've made use of each of them, and been grateful for the ability to do so). But they do exist, and I suspect there are others.
Various tools can and do deal with the spew though. Ofhand, script (typescript), screen, and tmux. If you're running a session through a serial terminal emulator (e.g., minicom), that would be another instance.
I'm not going to claim these are particularly mainstream uses (though I've made use of each of them, and been grateful for the ability to do so). But they do exist, and I suspect there are others.