[tor-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 arma):

 Replying to [comment:55 gk]:
 > Today a user came into #tor and said that some videos are not playing
 anymore in Tor Browser 8 which played in Tor Browser 7.5.6. After some
 debugging and back and forth it turned out that the Linux user agent is
 the reason for that: the spoofed one allows to watch the videos while in
 the current situation Linux users only get essentially "Sorry, video
 format can't get played". So, *not* spoofing is actually breaking things
 for Linux users. I guess that's a further argument for fixing this issue.

 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.

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