▲ 319 ▼ It's been 13 years of "no, you can't do in the phone's webbrowser the thing you can do in a PC's webbrowser, you need to install a fucking app". People just accepted it. The fuckers accepted it. (hexbear.net) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by RNAi@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net 110 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] uralsolo@hexbear.net 47 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [+] Cummunism@hexbear.net 16 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] uralsolo@hexbear.net 22 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] archchan@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (2 children) I used UAS on Librewolf specifically to say I'm on Firefox and Linux (which I am). I want to properly represent what I'm using and not support the Google/Microsoft monopolies, even if that means some websites throw around unsupported browser or OS errors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silent_water@hexbear.net 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) it's cause the rarer UAS can fingerprint you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] archchan@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago I'm willing in this case. The less people hide their actual user-agent (and not use chromium or windows in general), the less valuable that information becomes anyways. I like to think of it as sacrificing myself for the benefit of all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) does that work for sites like twitch? i haven't figured out how to get past twitches "supported browser" log in detections permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] uralsolo@hexbear.net 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 8 points 3 years ago Thank fuck early desktop GUIs used the resizable windows multi-tasking paradigm. Potentially having tiny browser windows means that every website will have to be somewhat responsive just to get usage in corporate offices. I'd much rather have to spoof being a smol bean chrome window than install every shitty app. permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (2 children) I used UAS on Librewolf specifically to say I'm on Firefox and Linux (which I am). I want to properly represent what I'm using and not support the Google/Microsoft monopolies, even if that means some websites throw around unsupported browser or OS errors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silent_water@hexbear.net 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) it's cause the rarer UAS can fingerprint you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] archchan@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago I'm willing in this case. The less people hide their actual user-agent (and not use chromium or windows in general), the less valuable that information becomes anyways. I like to think of it as sacrificing myself for the benefit of all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) it's cause the rarer UAS can fingerprint you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] archchan@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago I'm willing in this case. The less people hide their actual user-agent (and not use chromium or windows in general), the less valuable that information becomes anyways. I like to think of it as sacrificing myself for the benefit of all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago I'm willing in this case. The less people hide their actual user-agent (and not use chromium or windows in general), the less valuable that information becomes anyways. I like to think of it as sacrificing myself for the benefit of all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) does that work for sites like twitch? i haven't figured out how to get past twitches "supported browser" log in detections permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] uralsolo@hexbear.net 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] uralsolo@hexbear.net 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 8 points 3 years ago Thank fuck early desktop GUIs used the resizable windows multi-tasking paradigm. Potentially having tiny browser windows means that every website will have to be somewhat responsive just to get usage in corporate offices. I'd much rather have to spoof being a smol bean chrome window than install every shitty app. permalink fedilink source parent