Article 51825 Chrome phasing out support for user agent

Chrome phasing out support for user agent

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Thom Holwerda
from OSnews on (#51825)

Google announced its decision to drop support for the User-Agent string in its Chrome browser. Instead, Chrome will offer a new API called Client Hints that will give the user greater control over which information is shared with websites.

We've talked about this earlier this year, but I want to highlight it again since it's very important this initiative doesn't devolve into Google and Chrome shoving this alternative down the web's throat. Deprecating user agent strings is a good thing, but only if the replacement is a collective effort supported by everyone.

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