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byGuB-42 ( 2483988 ) writes:
It is not "others platforms we have identified", it is "unknown". It can be BSD, but it can also be a bot, someone running anti-fingerprinting extensions, a mobile browser in desktop mode, some embedded system, etc... Anything that doesn't match their rules. There is probably a higher proportion of Linux users than Windows or Apple users in there because Linux users are more likely to have a weird setup, but I wouldn't count on it.
bydarkain ( 749283 ) writes:
I know we're a smaller chunk of the pie, but I do actively run FreeBSD on a number of desktops, workstations, and laptops here at home, of both the x86/AMD64 and ARM/Aarch64 variety. Because FreeBSD lives in the world that Linux did a while back, a fuckton of us fake our user agents because shit ass web devs STILL put hard checks into their code that says "your OS isn't supported on our site, therefor you cannot browse it" even though the OS makes fuck all difference inside of a web browser.
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