[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:  mcs
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  ff60-esr, tbb-fingerprinting-os,     |  Actual Points:
  tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-8.0.1-can,                 |
  TorBrowserTeam201809R                          |
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Comment (by tom):

 Replying to [comment:71 cypherpunks3]:
 > Replying to [comment:70 arma]:
 > > The user came back to #tor today and confirms that the new Tor Browser
 version works (plays videos as expected, even though on Linux). Woo.
 > Can you folks coerce Mozilla to backport this patch with your
 intellectual missiles and ballistics so that Linux Firefox users don't get
 too angry with their emotional missiles and ballistics?

 I don't know if we'll uplift it to esr60, but we can put it in Nightly
 easy enough.

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