Re: [w3ctag/design-reviews] Partial freezing of the User-Agent string (#467) from Yoav Weiss on 2020-02-02 (public-webapps-github@w3.org from February 2020)

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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 08:29:19 -0800
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> But couldn't this just revert over time to being just as messy as the current UA String?

It could. I'm hoping a decent application of [GREASE](https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/#grease) can help prevent it.



> I do not think you can engineer a system to 100% eradicate browser sniffing and targeting

I agree. But I want us to try and disincentivize negative behavior related to that (e.g. block and allow lists)

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