@Solaire said: For legacy purpose, existing Chrome UA strings will continue to work, so they won't break existing technologies and scripts running across the web.
No need to update any code it seems, other than perhaps implementing client hints
Ooh, was skimming through the post and missed that
@havoc said:
And the googlebot? UA strings still seem quite important to the functioning of the internet
From the article:
Chrome 85 (mid-September 2020) - Google will unify the UA desktop OS string as a common value for desktop browsers. Google will also unify mobile OS/device strings as a similarly common value.
They will still be around. They just won't contain your OS anymore and things like that.
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For legacy purpose, existing Chrome UA strings will continue to work, so they won't break existing technologies and scripts running across the web.No need to update any code it seems, other than perhaps implementing client hints
Ooh, was skimming through the post and missed that
And the googlebot? UA strings still seem quite important to the functioning of the internet
From the article:
They will still be around. They just won't contain your OS anymore and things like that.
Neat, some the fuckers who fingerpingt you for tracking, gonna have a bad time.
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Nope. That fingerprinting is absolute black magic...they're not even gonna feel the impact of this
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Well, yea they take a few more things into count, but its a good start.
It will make it harder over time.
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"Google to phase out" - 4 words we hear a lot..
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Lol, true