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Google blocked the web version of Google Maps in Internet Explorer for Windows Phone: https://mashable.com/2013/01/05/google-maps-windows-phone/#gN6bXpMcZEqh h
by danieldk 9y ago
Google blocked the web version of Google Maps in Internet Explorer for Windows Phone:
https://mashable.com/2013/01/05/google-maps-windows-phone/#gN6bXpMcZEqh https://mashable.com/2013/01/05/google-maps-windows-phone/#g...
Maps worked fine with exactly the same Trident engine on the desktop. Moreover, if you change the user agent string, maps also worked fine with Windows Phone.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoThat seems like a pretty simple fix for Microsoft to make on behalf of every Windows Phone user... Google can't compel MS to identify its phones for Google's benefit.
- arcticfox 9y agoGoogle would just change the user-agent they were blocking to whatever Microsoft changed it to. It was intentional.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoAgain, there's no rule that says devices must have unique user-agents. Once you've established that Google wants to block Windows Phone from using maps, you can send the user-agent string of something they don't want to block.