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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's cause the rarer UAS can fingerprint you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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.