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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, they already do that by filtering out user agents. But this is certainly a step beyond.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Which is why all browsers cross identify as other browsers. This would make it easier for sites to block and harder for browsers to work around.