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Re:Why do popular sites not detect desktop browsers and redi... by nness on Sunday March 19, 2017 @08:05PM (#13910654)
I would guess that, in most cases, a mobile-specific site accessed on a desktop is still going to be far more usable than a desktop-specific site accessed by mobile.

Either way, as you mentioned, its a solution to a problem where the original solution itself wasn't great in the first place.

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Re:Why do popular sites not detect desktop browsers and redi... by oferzelig on Monday March 20, 2017 @01:47AM (#13912029)
I agree with your first sentence, but I'm not comparing which one is worse. I'm just asking why do sites not redirect m.* addresses, when browsed from a desktop browser, to the canonical domains.
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