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Firefox @lemmy.ml CaptainBasculin @lemmy.ml 12mo ago

Is this correct? If so, this is not acceptable.

Edit: Replies to this thread indicate this is not fully correct as it exists on all browsers; and is likely an ad thing.

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Laughts in agent spoofing
- Browser detection is rarely done through User Agent lookup anymore. Nowadays we determine browser through feature detection.
  
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Browser_detection_using_the_user_agent#avoiding_user_agent_detection
  
  And yet in this case if I change my agent to any non-FF value while using FF, videos load immediately.
  
  I set my agent back to FF, 5 second delay.
  
  Doesn't matter what's the best way to do it in reality. UA is easily a possibility for any website. Nothing stopping it
  
  How so?
- I won't spoof the agent. I want Google to know I'll keep using Firefox no matter what. Except for YouTube, I don't use any other service of theirs, too shitty.
  
  The best way to make them back down is to show we won't bow.
  
  The other day, I finally switched to ProtonMail. I still just forward my gmail inbox for now because I'm too lazy to go through all my accounts and change the email all at once. In due time, I will have switched. Fuck Google.

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