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About time. Statistics are mostly dead in favor of privacy anyway. At least this should help stop Google's blatantly anti-competitive practice of neutering sear
by mminer237 4y ago
About time. Statistics are mostly dead in favor of privacy anyway. At least this should help stop Google's blatantly anti-competitive practice of neutering search results if you're not using Chrome.
- kbelder 4y agoYou think Google is reducing info Chrome sends in its user agent string in order to limit the ability of Google to favor Chrome? I can't imagine Google would be doing this without some sort of back-channel method of tracking this exact info. They're likely just removing this info from visibility to other websites, giving themselves a competitive advantage. Man, that sounds a little paranoid, but...
- jedimastert 4y agothe brand and major version hints are sent with every request regardless of preferences, so no "back channel" needed.