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by caro_douglos 2350 days ago
Are you using a Linux desktop?

Recently I ran into this more and more. Eventually it came down to Linux being in the user-agent causing a large chunk of sites to assume I was using android. This became apparent when gmail asked if I wanted to download the mail application when visiting their site with cookies cleared. Once the agent was changed I no longer get mobile type notifications (on my desktop).

1 comments

I don't know why you're being downvoted. This may be a very legitimate problem, especially considering that OP says they haven't seen this yet. And yes, I am using a Linux desktop!