Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at Dark Patterns workshop

Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by swiley on Sunday May 02, 2021 @06:58PM (#27019848)

Discord does this as well. If they detect a mobile user agent they disable the button to hide the member list which makes group chats unusable. If you just change your user agent the button re-appears and you don't even need the app unless your browser doesn't handle voice and you need that.

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Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by judge2020 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @09:25PM (#27020708)

For reference:

https://i.judge.sh/hot/Flare/chrome_eC7WqUYKPX.png

https://i.judge.sh/mealy/Sparkle/chrome_5RItK5j3Yl.png

Edit: Doing some digging, on the iOS user agent, the `toolbar` portion is null, while with the Chrome windows user agent it's set to include the entire element:

https://i.judge.sh/flickering/Twilight/chrome_q978GUiwQ8.png

https://i.judge.sh/pleasant/Coco/chrome_cNh0eBIHQL.png

This looks to be the function that determines it:

https://i.judge.sh/qualified/Velvet/chrome_CxUBug0q1P.png

So it's just a 'if mobile' check - maybe it breaks on some mobile screens (on a iphone 5/SE you end up being unable to view the channel name, not that it's an enjoyable experience anyways https://i.judge.sh/brave/Flare/chrome_nW26bTRXDe.png) or maybe it's a motive to get you to use the mobile app. This is just the desktop UI with some `if mobile` checks probably thrown in by a small number developers that want to support mobile browser support but aren't getting paid to do it.

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