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If that were really their motive, a better strategy would be making user agent string customization a first-class feature.
by soulofmischief 3y ago
If that were really their motive, a better strategy would be making user agent string customization a first-class feature.
- fiddlerwoaroof 3y agoNo, because approximately nobody would customize it.
- soulofmischief 3y agoThen generalize it by default. I just can't buy that Google really has this motive when they simultaneously are introducing WEI.
- fiddlerwoaroof 3y agoI think it’s a mistake to assume consistent intentions from a company as big as Google and a product as big as Chrome
- soulofmischief 3y agoYes, you shouldn't assume consistent intentions from a behemoth like Google. However, in large and fragmented companies, leadership's moral compass often faces numerous pressures, and on average will trend downward in an economic system with perverse incentives such as the one we have today.
- hedora 3y agoThey could also use the user agent: "", or omit the http header entirely.
- eru 3y agoYou can already do that with extension, can't you?
- soulofmischief 3y agoAn extension isn't first-class support, first-class means supported directly in the browser and easily discoverable.