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		VagabundoP 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: DeepSeek My User Agent Its not a Mac though. I'd much prefer Apple use the User Agent correctly rather than hack around it like that. The system we used did use user agents to identify mobile devices or computers. And gave the iPad users a terrible experience because Apple lied.

afavour 10 months ago | [–]

User agent strings are fundamentally a hack though. They all identify themselves as Mozilla!

buzzerbetrayed 10 months ago | [–]

Well I’m glad Apple prioritizes us over you the. I don’t care that you want it a different way. Apple forcing the end of bad practices in this instance is a win.

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