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GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by jorgemf »

grishka wrote: post #49
jorgemf wrote: post #30

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Vivaldi workarounds these kind of issues by identifying itself as chrome. When a site blocks vivaldi because it is not chrome the site is added to a list and it will identify itself as chrome in the future (I know because it happened with the web version of whatsapp).

It's actually a whitelist. Vivaldi always uses the Chrome user agent, unless it's a website known to not block it, like vivaldi.com, and probably some of their partners too.

I though it was the opposite, I guess WhatsApp was doing something weird to detect Vivaldi. Do you know how they solve it?

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by oriettaxx »

citizenkeen wrote: post #87
spaceheater wrote: post #80

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All the cool kids on HN hate GoDaddy. When prompted to elaborate the usual answer is "cuz they suck" or "I don't like their CEO". I first used GoDaddy about a decade ago, and thought nothing of it. I guess some people just like to hate. (or is it cancel nowadays?)

Educate yourself: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involv...

Ah, I missed that, thanks.

anyhow, imho, I do not see anything that I consider that bad; they are sure selling products that anybody involved in IT may consider at "low level", so avoiding it. I have the same reaction anytime I hear the term "Wordpress", but no doubt is used by so many.

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by oriettaxx »

addingnumbers wrote: post #72
oriettaxx wrote: post #57

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why? I'm just curious (I do not see any bad event in wikipedia: am I missing something?)

> I do not see any bad event in wikipedia There is a "Controversies" section of their Wikipedia article with 8 distinct sub-headings, and the section is prefixed with "For a more comprehensive list, see List of controversies involving GoDaddy" linking to another dedicated 15-section article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoDaddy#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involvin...

thanks, I did missed that

(must say I do not see anything I consider that bad, imho)

Re: GoDaddy locks out derivatives of Chrome

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Post by grishka »

jorgemf wrote: post #191
grishka wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's actually a whitelist. Vivaldi always uses the Chrome user agent, unless it's a website known to not block it, like vivaldi.com, and probably some of their partners too.

I though it was the opposite, I guess WhatsApp was doing something weird to detect Vivaldi. Do you know how they solve it?

No idea tbh. I haven't used WhatsApp for several years and deleted my account a year ago.
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