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What a stupid request. An alternate front-end is essentially a custom browser.

• userbinator 3y ago
  This. It's either a custom browser/user-agent, and/or also a proxy. The idea that services can mandate what software/hardware you use to access them is IMHO a horrible overreach that came along with the "API" concept (see the ongoing Reddit API debacle for another example of this.)
  • eterps 3y ago
    Hmmm, interesting point. Hypothetically speaking, should someone successfully create a full-fledged browser using Javascript that can operate both independently and within web pages, 'custom browsers' could be displayed anywhere.
    • userbinator 3y ago
      full-fledged browser using Javascript Someone actually did that almost a decade ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7071132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7071132