> They can't be throttling based on user-agent... right? It can be, but not for the motives many would assume. I can imagine them white-listing clients that th

> They can't be throttling based on user-agent... right? It can be, but not for the motives many would assume. I can imagine them white-listing clients that they've thoroughly tested with advanced functionality, and blocking it for others. I'm not for a second suggesting this is a wise course of action, but I also really don't think it's a cynical attempt to make Linux a less viable platform. It's just cover-your-ass behaviour for a corporate-focused product. User agent sniffing is usually a bad shortcut for feature detection, and little more.