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by beebeepka 1778 days ago
Are there any legitimate reasons to care about the user agent in this day and age? If you're still serving different css/js based on a self reported identification, then chances are your motivation is questionable.

Not unlike certain CPU and GPU makers. Frankly, I am surprised any of this is still matters. Guess I am still just an old an naive summer child

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Of course, anything that has a remote possiblity of affecting ads, popups and content block screens would adversely affect revenue.
We detect IE to show a banner saying to upgrade. I assume some sites like google search do so they can support literally every browser. I was shocked to find out IE 8 on a fresh windows xp vm was able to use google search without any issues.