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		nemomarx 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the L... Mozilla is used in the user agent string of all major browsers for historical reasons, but not necessarily headless ones or so on.

unclad5968 38 days ago [–]

Oh that's interesting, I had no idea.

seabrookmx 38 days ago | [–]

There's some sites[1] that can print your user agent for you. Try it in a few different browsers and you will be surprised. They're honestly unhinged.. I have no idea why we still use this header in 2025!

[1]: https://dnschecker.org/user-agent-info.php

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