At least part of the reaction to #Google #WebIntegrity is that it disregards the polite fiction of #UserAgents completely. #Firefox #Brave and #Safari are being told point-blank to serve the interests of #advertisers or be kicked off Google services.

As others have pointed out #Apple has already quietly implemented similar behavior, but because it was advertised as a way to make #CAPTCHAs less annoying, nobody cared.

A while ago on the #OrangeSite I read a comment by someone claiming that #GDPR #fines for using #GoogleFonts were unconscionable because browsers are #UserAgents and companies shouldn't be fined for what they do.

This is of course incredulous victim blaming, but it does bump up against an uncomfortable fact: the term "user agent" as applied to browsers is at best useful fiction.

A real user agent would not have a mechanism to load arbitrary untrusted code into itself or contact third parties.

Hey look at this

* Should #browsers be "#UserAgents"? https://github.com/w3ctag/privacy-principles/issues/241 (h/t Alexei Miagkov)

* #FTC Seeks Comment on Business Practices of #CloudComputing Providers that Could Impact Competition and Data Security https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/ftc-seeks-comment-business-practices-cloud-computing-providers-could-impact-competition-data (h/t Matt Stoller)

* #Dominos eight-year foray into Italy ends in liquidation https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2023/03/22/dominos-eight-year-foray-into-italy-ends-in-liquidation/70038053007/ (h/t @slashdot)

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Hey look at this

* Should #browsers be "#UserAgents"? https://github.com/w3ctag/privacy-principles/issues/241 (h/t Alexei Miagkov)

* #FTC Seeks Comment on Business Practices of #CloudComputing Providers that Could Impact Competition and Data Security https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/ftc-seeks-comment-business-practices-cloud-computing-providers-could-impact-competition-data (h/t Matt Stoller)

* #Dominos eight-year foray into Italy ends in liquidation https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2023/03/22/dominos-eight-year-foray-into-italy-ends-in-liquidation/70038053007/ (h/t Slashdot)

Nouvelle version de développement de #Vivaldi dont la principale nouveauté est de s'identifier désormais comme un banal #Chrome sur quasiment tous les sites Web.

Les utilisateurs et utilisatrices de #Vivaldi ne seront donc plus ennuyé(e)s par les quelques maudits sites rénifleurs bloquant les #UserAgents contenant le terme "Vivaldi" 👍

https://vivaldi.com/fr/blog/snapshots/desktop/user-agent-update-vivaldi-browser-snapshot-1745-1/

Plus de détails sur cette, ÀMHA, triste décision (malgré l'illustration rigolote) : https://vivaldi.com/fr/blog/user-agent-changes/