jayandp@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoI feel called outsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up11.66Karrow-down136
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minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoThe kind of website that distributes linux stuff is going to know most linux distros ship with Firefox set up to not report OS
minus-squareJetpackJackson@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoDoes librewolf do that too? I didn’t realize that was a feature of firefox
minus-squaremuhyb@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoLibrewolf reports as Firefox on Win 10.
minus-squareSatyrSack@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoAnd this is why stats showing how prevalent Linux users are on a site are pretty useless.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoBecause an oddball browser based on Firefox says it’s Firefox? I don’t really follow the logic there. No one gave an example of the OS being wrong in a UA string
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoNo. Because the firefox based browser shows linux as windows to refuse some tracking
minus-squareJetpackJackson@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoHuh that’s interesting, thanks
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNot by default but configuring it to lie about your user agent is dead easy
The kind of website that distributes linux stuff is going to know most linux distros ship with Firefox set up to not report OS
Does librewolf do that too? I didn’t realize that was a feature of firefox
Librewolf reports as Firefox on Win 10.
And this is why stats showing how prevalent Linux users are on a site are pretty useless.
Because an oddball browser based on Firefox says it’s Firefox? I don’t really follow the logic there. No one gave an example of the OS being wrong in a UA string
No. Because the firefox based browser shows linux as windows to refuse some tracking
Huh that’s interesting, thanks
Not by default but configuring it to lie about your user agent is dead easy