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Re:Xbox Cloud throttles performance if user agent is Linux by throwaway894345 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @09:42AM (#31988096)
Lol the parent ruined the outrage party, but he’s likely correct. I’ve worked at companies that did the same thing and they weren’t “stupid megacorps”.
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Re:Xbox Cloud throttles performance if user agent is Linux by josefx on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:48AM (#31988856)
> I’ve worked at companies that did the same thing

The companies you worked for published their own browsers?

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Re:Xbox Cloud throttles performance if user agent is Linux by throwaway894345 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @01:02PM (#31990775)
I'm not sure where exactly you're going with this. I can imagine several possible arguments that someone might make based on this observation, but all of them are pretty obviously poor so I won't impute them upon you.
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Re:Xbox Cloud throttles performance if user agent is Linux by mikestew on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @01:38PM (#31991268)
That was some damned fine word smithing to diplomatically state what savages like myself would have just mangled into less flattering prose. <golf clap>
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