Visit about:compat in your firefox. I find it insane that these exist.

Edit: I’ve learned that this is part of the webcompat system addon developed by Mozilla and other contributors. I see why this is beneficial default behavior, since FF has no chance of getting enough market share to matter more if things are broken.

However, this behavior is too intrusive for my taste. For example this injection: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/8a4afb4d34f8/browser/extensions/webcompat/injections/js/bug1472075-bankofamerica.com-ua-change.js is basically just to silence annoying user reports.

Also, Every site FF pretends to be a different UA on is artificially reducing FF market share data.

  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Those are special measures to not be blocked by those sites etc…

    While I agree it sucks, because it doesn’t fix the problem at the source (the site causing it) and therefore reduces motivation to even do so, it makes the web more accessible for FF users, quickly.

  • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
    7·
    2 months ago

    Pretty sure it’s always been like this.

    The web is a mess. If you do anything on it on any combination of software and hardware and expect security or functionality you’re barking up the wrong tree.

    • mvirts@lemmy.worldOP
      17·
      2 months ago

      You’re probably right. I just want what’s advertised: software that uses web standards to interact with servers on my behalf. Idk where this feature lands on that scale. This seems like a pre-browser-extension sort of feature that is obsolete now.

  • mvirts@lemmy.worldOP
    19·
    2 months ago

    Just imagine slipping in a new compatibility fix for a banking website… Or maybe a crypto custodian…

    No sneaky backdoor required, just change some data.