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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•12 hours agoi never understood how those messages work? like how would using firefox ruin your website? or how they even detect firefox in the first place lmfao
minus-squareRolling ResistancelinkEnglish1•3 hours agoBrowsers have user-agent identifiers, websites can see what browser and what version you use. They are mostly used to run browser-dependent code to avoid some things breaking in some browsers.
minus-square@rottingleaflinkEnglish4•5 hours agoThey can in theory make tricks showing that you are using an ad blocker or a specific browser. Even if you set Chrome’s user agent in Firefox. I personally wouldn’t make such effort to use such websites then.
i never understood how those messages work? like how would using firefox ruin your website? or how they even detect firefox in the first place lmfao
Browsers have user-agent identifiers, websites can see what browser and what version you use.
They are mostly used to run browser-dependent code to avoid some things breaking in some browsers.
They can in theory make tricks showing that you are using an ad blocker or a specific browser. Even if you set Chrome’s user agent in Firefox.
I personally wouldn’t make such effort to use such websites then.