Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoChrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensionswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down19
arrow-up1736arrow-down1external-linkChrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensionswww.androidpolice.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squaregwen@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 hours agoi never understood how those messages work? like how would using firefox ruin your website? or how they even detect firefox in the first place lmfao
minus-squareRolling Resistance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·48 minutes agoBrowsers have user-agent identifiers, websites can see what browser and what version you use. They are mostly used to run browser-dependent code to avoid some things breaking in some browsers.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoThey can in theory make tricks showing that you are using an ad blocker or a specific browser. Even if you set Chrome’s user agent in Firefox. I personally wouldn’t make such effort to use such websites then.
i never understood how those messages work? like how would using firefox ruin your website? or how they even detect firefox in the first place lmfao
Browsers have user-agent identifiers, websites can see what browser and what version you use.
They are mostly used to run browser-dependent code to avoid some things breaking in some browsers.
They can in theory make tricks showing that you are using an ad blocker or a specific browser. Even if you set Chrome’s user agent in Firefox.
I personally wouldn’t make such effort to use such websites then.