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I've seen similar issues simply by using Linux as my main desktop... some sites just won't work because of it, or seem to filter out "Linux" in the user agent.
by tracker1 5mo ago
I've seen similar issues simply by using Linux as my main desktop... some sites just won't work because of it, or seem to filter out "Linux" in the user agent. Which kinda sucks.
- pmontra 5mo agoCould you give an example? I've been working with a Linux desktop since 2009 and everything seems to work.
- abrowne 5mo agoDitto. The only thing I can remember of is Apple Maps. They used to allow only Windows or something? But they relented eventually.
- tracker1 5mo agoThere was some site/app for creating dinner reservations that I had trouble with... I used my phone in the end. I don't recall the specific site. I also saw it a few months ago on a site, where the backend api seemed to be blocking any useragent with linux.
- sli 5mo agoThis is one of the reasons why all of my browsers identify as a recent Chrome version. All of those problems just up and disappear. I started doing that when Google claimed (lied) that some of their products no longer support Firefox and would block me from accessing right up until my browser identified itself as Chrome. No bugs, no issues.
- like_any_other 5mo agoIf market competition law wasn't reduced to dead ink, lying about your competitor's product, or abusing your dominance in one market to dominate another market, would at minimum carry painful fines.
- piekvorst 5mo agoI agree that lying should be illegal, but “domination” is vague. One could argue (and I would agree) that there’s nothing wrong with dominance if it comes down to just offering a superior product. And why should the cross-market context be treated differently?
- like_any_other 5mo agoThe cross-market context is analogous to tying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_(commerce) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_(commerce)