Re:Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click to Ca...
by belthesar on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:18PM
(#36714622)
> Also, why has safari's mobile "request desktop site" not worked for me in over 5 years? It never brings a desktop site anymore... so annoying.
Likely because the site's fingerprinting to determine if you are on a mobile device uses more heuristics than the "Request Desktop Site" functionality leverages. This, IIRC, is just a user agent hack, but browsers send a _lot_ more data about your machine than just a user agent.
Likely because the site's fingerprinting to determine if you are on a mobile device uses more heuristics than the "Request Desktop Site" functionality leverages. This, IIRC, is just a user agent hack, but browsers send a _lot_ more data about your machine than just a user agent.