I think there are more reliable ways to identify your browser. The user-agent is self reported, so not reliable. It’s just the simplest option that’s usually good enough unless you’re doing something malicious.
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yoshisaur@lemm.ee 7 months agoIf that does happen, can’t we just spoof our user agent to be chrome?
Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Their web integrity API they were planning was specifically to prevent that.
yoshisaur@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I had no idea… didn’t that end up being canceled at some point or am I mistaken?
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
As it is customary, companies drop bomb shells to gauge their user base reaction. They pull back if the reaction is too strong and slowly reintroduce it piece by piece when the things have cooled down a bit.
The moment they announced their intention to DRM the web meant that they will try to push however they can.
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
With something like that, it’s usually just rebranded and pushed out after backlash calms down.