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Everything works if you use User-Agent switcher extension. So they went through the trouble of making an "unsupported" page and redirecting you to that page ins
by n3m4c 2y ago
Everything works if you use User-Agent switcher extension. So they went through the trouble of making an "unsupported" page and redirecting you to that page instead of doing nothing
- steve1977 2y agoThis is Apple. They don't expect their users to know what a User-Agent is (and even less how to install a User-Agent switcher extension).
- veunes 2y agoYep, and this philosophy has been a significant factor in Apple's widespread success
- pcardoso 2y agoTo be fair, Safari has a user-agent switcher built-in. Just enable the developer tools. Not all Apple users are clueless.
- steve1977 2y agoIt’s called Developer Tools and not User Tools for a reason
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoWhat do you think Firefox calls it?
- steve1977 2y agoThe same, for the same reason
- pcardoso 2y agoIsn't it just a name? A user can easily enable the developer tools if needed, same way I'm not a mechanic but can open the hood of my car.
- steve1977 2y agoYou can open the hood of your car, but there’s probably not much you can do there.
- pcardoso 2y agoOf course I can. Add cleaning water, check oil levels, replace a light bulb. No much else I can do, but others may, and other won't even do any of this. Point is, this is not a binary choice. Between user and developer there are many people with varying skills that will use a user-agent switcher if needed.
- philistine 2y agoIt’s not about capability, it’s about interest. Most people could do a bit under the hood of a car, but they simply don’t care. It’s the same thing with computers. Most users are savvy. They just don’t care.
- steve1977 2y agoIn my experience (systems engineer/devops for both Windows and Linux for more than 25 years), very few users are actually savvy. Even those working in tech.
- philistine 2y agoOur definition of savvy probably differs.
- steve1977 2y ago
- roshankhan28 2y agothere is a good reason that most of the people prefer apple for its simplicity, its because apple only shows you what is required. i agree with you there.
- sebazzz 2y agoExtremely frustrating. If a user is smart enough to use Firefox, they're probably also smart enough to open another browser if a site does not happen to work on Firefox. (Which I haven't experienced for a while, except when using ESPHome which requires WebSerial)
- mr_toad 2y ago“We’re not sure if this will work or not, and we don’t want to deal with you if it doesn’t, so we’re not even going to let you try.”