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I feel called out (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by jayandp@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Does librewolf do that too? I didn't realize that was a feature of firefox

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Librewolf reports as Firefox on Win 10.

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

And this is why stats showing how prevalent Linux users are on a site are pretty useless.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Because an oddball browser based on Firefox says it's Firefox? I don't really follow the logic there. No one gave an example of the OS being wrong in a UA string

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

No. Because the firefox based browser shows linux as windows to refuse some tracking

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Huh that's interesting, thanks

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Not by default but configuring it to lie about your user agent is dead easy

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