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Re:Blink-Dev – Intent to Deprecate and Freeze: The User-Agen... by tyingq on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @08:19AM (#22044459)
Perhaps, but it invalidates most of their stated reasons for doing this. Which makes the post a confusing read.
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Re:Blink-Dev – Intent to Deprecate and Freeze: The User-Agen... by magicalist on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @08:25AM (#22044491)
> it invalidates most of their stated reasons

The "main advantages" section for client hints all seem to apply there.

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Re:Blink-Dev – Intent to Deprecate and Freeze: The User-Agen... by marcusarmstrong on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @08:23AM (#22044481)
IMO it’s explained better in the Client Hints specification.
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Re:Blink-Dev – Intent to Deprecate and Freeze: The User-Agen... by HorstG on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @08:37AM (#22044571)
Client hints are not any more useful than traditional UA for privacy or progressive enhancement. Its the same content, just split up. Any browser not sending everything will have atrocious permission UX, nagging websites or just get the broken IE5 version.

UA hints solve nothing, even after reading the spec

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