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Does "request desktop site" not change the user agent?

• rickstanley 5y ago
  It does change but it only removes the "mobile" part from user agent (through sniffing). But I think he's referring to a broader usage, for instance: MS Teams only works on Chromium-based browsers and Safari, so user agent change façade comes in handy for this.
• causality0 5y ago
  Not fully. It requests a desktop layout but sites still know you're on a mobile browser, hence sites that explicitly block mobile browsers will show the same "this page only viewable on desktop" message. Actual user agent switcher extensions don't have that problem.