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minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI had that problem. I changed my ua to Edge on Windows, and the message went away. Everything worked.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoHoly shit, why even implement the message then? There is no good answer.
minus-squareBrandonazz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNetflix does the same thing with “supported browsers.” It doesn’t matter if it’s actually supported, just whether it’s one of the two or three it allows because it can do analytics or whatever with them.
I had that problem. I changed my ua to Edge on Windows, and the message went away. Everything worked.
Holy shit, why even implement the message then? There is no good answer.
Netflix does the same thing with “supported browsers.” It doesn’t matter if it’s actually supported, just whether it’s one of the two or three it allows because it can do analytics or whatever with them.