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by pcardoso 700 days ago
To be fair, Safari has a user-agent switcher built-in. Just enable the developer tools.

Not all Apple users are clueless.

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It’s called Developer Tools and not User Tools for a reason
What do you think Firefox calls it?
The same, for the same reason
Isn't it just a name?

A user can easily enable the developer tools if needed, same way I'm not a mechanic but can open the hood of my car.

You can open the hood of your car, but there’s probably not much you can do there.
Of course I can. Add cleaning water, check oil levels, replace a light bulb. No much else I can do, but others may, and other won't even do any of this.

Point is, this is not a binary choice. Between user and developer there are many people with varying skills that will use a user-agent switcher if needed.

It’s not about capability, it’s about interest.

Most people could do a bit under the hood of a car, but they simply don’t care.

It’s the same thing with computers. Most users are savvy. They just don’t care.

In my experience (systems engineer/devops for both Windows and Linux for more than 25 years), very few users are actually savvy. Even those working in tech.