cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47871545
🌐 Many companies now block older browser versions from accessing their websites!
This follows many browser makers ending updates 4 older operating systems, leaving legacy devices unable to use web services without an OS upgrade.
This kinda reminds me of the Java website block by browsers a few years ago, just in reverse. (Revenge? ;)
Old Android versions are also increasingly blocked from accessing the Google appstore.
Truly about security or perhaps Planned Obsolescence?
Update: “old devices can only use old os > old os can only use old browser > old browser cannot use web> poor uneducated people = screwed once again!”
“Only suggesting corporate browsers, kinda like an ad.”
If some crappy website gives me this, then I’m never visiting them again. Good riddance.
Also, it’s probably super easy to trick the sites given how you can change your browser’s fingerprint (or whatever it’s called).
User Agent?
Yeah, that’s the one
“User agent”. Firefox has an extension that can spoof different browsers/OSs with just a tap. It’s actually really useful for sites that don’t work correctly, or you want to bypass annoying restrictions.
Pretty much exactly what I was thinking.
Yeah my thoughts exactly - it’s called user agent string I think :)