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by kevan 4236 days ago
>User agent detection sounds great, until you have a user that spoofs their agent.

Do a significant percentage of users spoof their agent?
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gizmo686 4236 days ago
Most mobile browsers have a "request desktop site" feature, which I assume would involve spoofing the user agent to look like the desktop version.
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Cthulhu_ 4236 days ago
Most mobile web applications that would use this polyfill wouldn't have a separate mobile / desktop site and have just a good responsive design, so mobile users wouldn't feel a need to request the desktop site. That feature is usually used (I assume) because the mobile versions of websites often offer limited functionality.
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bsimpson 4236 days ago
It spoofs the platform, not the browser. Mobile Chrome/Safari should have feature parity with their computer cousins.
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