chromium User-Agent changed between v108 and v116

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Hello, I've noticed that after version 108 FreeBSD's port of chromium no longer identifies itself as Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; FreeBSD amd64), now it has a standard Linux UA. Does anyone know if it's a feature or a bug? For me it's definitely the later.
 
I think, It could be a feature. Some websites use the user-agent string in their code to show different versions for different systems. Anything, what isn't a standard value, could break them. Examples of that pages are: banks, streaming or gaming services (where DRM is used). Some pages were even broken due to a browser version above 99.

Personally, I don't mind it, it is a better solution for the reasons mentioned above, but also from the privacy point of view. The more general user-agent string, the better. A couple of pages identified me several times as macOS user. :D
 
thindil said:
I think, It could be a feature. Some websites use the user-agent string in their code to show different versions for different systems. Anything, what isn't a standard value, could break them. Examples of that pages are: banks, streaming or gaming services (where DRM is used). Some pages were even broken due to a browser version above 99.

Personally, I don't mind it, it is a better solution for the reasons mentioned above, but also from the privacy point of view. The more general user-agent string, the better. A couple of pages identified me several times as macOS user. :D
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Well, I understand that. But personally I would like to see some PR. Maybe someone knows.
 
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