[tbb-bugs] #26146 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing

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#26146: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part
anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff60-esr                  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:9 cypherpunks]:
 WTF are you doing?

 Replying to [comment:3 tom]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 cypherpunks]:
 > > Expecting
 > > Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0
 >
 > If Firefox with RFP or Tor Browser used this format it would not match
 Firefox's (non-RFP) format and would be easily identifiable.
 Don't mix FF w/RFP with TBB! RTFM of TBB ;)
 Actually, `Mozilla/5.0 (Unknown; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0` is
 everything TBB should expose until we can delete it altogether.

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