I've noticed this too but never investigated....
seriously M$, what the F?
Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
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Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#22Looks like there are still some Ballmer-era holdovers on the OneDrive team.
Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#23Considering that there are places in the world where government employees must use Linux due to regulations, and Microsoft is moving ever closer to cloud delivered services, one would think that they want to support Linux as an OS. [0]
[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/03/frenc...
Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#24I'm trying to give the benefit of the doubt in my mind here but this is a tough one to explain away.
the benefit of the doubt
Normal corps generally don't deserve this, nevermind MS.
Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#25Unhelpful catch-all responses that don't display a shred of effort or care are the bane of my customer support experiences. Nothing hurts my opinion of a company like being brushed off like a bug.
That's because it is not a bug, it is what they want, for whatever reason...
Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#26They can't be throttling based on user-agent... right? I thought this was the New Microsoft. Any other hypotheses?
You can't teach an old microsoft new tricks.
Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#27Unhelpful catch-all responses that don't display a shred of effort or care are the bane of my customer support experiences. Nothing hurts my opinion of a company like being brushed off like a bug.
"Not supported" is an acceptable first half of a response, but all you really have to add is "I'll pass this on to the tech team" and the tone changes entirely.
Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#28Could it be a very simplistic anti~bot system?
Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#29from the early 90s Microsoft: "The job isn't done until Lotus won't run"
Re: Onedrive is slow on Linux but fast with a “Windows” user-agent (2016)
#30The business that Microsoft alienated in this exchange probably comprised around 3% of the people who were using OneDrive on purpose.