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What happens if you configure your browser string to lie about your software origins and compatibility?

• gurjeet 7mo ago
  That's a great suggestion! I used the 'User-Agent Switcher' add-on [1] and that seems to have done the trick for both the websites I reported above. (edit: I chose the option 'Windows / Chrome 146' in the add-on's UI). As someone else said here, we should probably chalk it up to laziness on developers' part; maybe there's more to it, but I'll take that explanation and move on :-) [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/
  • zdragnar 7mo ago
    > we should probably chalk it up to laziness on developers' part Also, developers at many companies don't own their time. They're given a certain amount per feature that they didn't estimate themselves, and the company doesn't give them time to fix Firefox specific bugs because it would cost them more than the user's monetary value is worth compared to other features or bugs.
  • batisteo 7mo ago
    Please use it only for lazy dev website, as it hides the global usage of Firefox
• rationalist 7mo ago
  The websites magically start working and I run into zero issues. The developers are lying and trying to force people to switch browsers.