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Is this correct? If so, this is not acceptable. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Edit: Replies to this thread indicate this is not fully correct as it exists on all browsers; and is likely an ad thing.

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[–] Ascend910@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Laughts in agent spoofing

[–] nuke@yah.lol 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Browser detection is rarely done through User Agent lookup anymore. Nowadays we determine browser through feature detection.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Browser_detection_using_the_user_agent#avoiding_user_agent_detection

[–] flying_monkies@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And yet in this case if I change my agent to any non-FF value while using FF, videos load immediately.

I set my agent back to FF, 5 second delay.

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