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this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2024
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I wonder if Firefox users are more likely to spoof their user agent setting? Probably not.
I'll still use it. Compared to every other browser, it is the least disastrous regarding privacy.
I always spoof the ua. Not for privacy (though it helps), but because some sites artificially break for certain browsers or OSs and work perfectly fine when they think you're on a different browser. The artificial restriction should be illegal, but it isn't.
Keep it default until you encounter a website that doesn't work. Then swap it temporarily either manually or with an extension. And then swap back immediately. Then send the webmaster a complaint.
I do that at home (not the webmaster bit), but at work I'm usually in a hurry and switching between different admin panels, so it's constantly set to something that will work with ABM, intune, and MS admin (there are more admin panels, but those the ones always giving me the "your browser is not supported" bs). Not chrome, though.