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Something I realized recently is that all of these sites have analytics. They can see exactly what percentage of their users are on Firefox, and that will directly drive their dev priorities. Using Firefox isn't just a symbolic gesture; it's a direct vote in its favor.

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>all of these sites have analytics.

The analytics is most likely blocked by common adblock rules. And present-day Firefox users are quite likely to be advanced users, running adblock.

Thus Firefox ends up being under-represented in the analytics.

Do as blockers typically block the user agent? Or have people just gotten lazy and only bother looking at JavaScript generated analytics logs and not actual server logs?

Or have user agents devolved to the point where every browser lists every other browser and you genuinely can't tell them apart anymore?

Seems like you should still be able to identify the browser without a fancy analytics package.

> Or have people just gotten lazy and only bother looking at JavaScript generated analytics logs and not actual server logs?

Yes

> have people just gotten lazy and only bother looking at JavaScript generated analytics logs and not actual server logs?

Yes.

On the other hand, if you're running adblock, many sites probably don't care how and if the site works for you.

Sites that are directly taking your money should care. Or, at least, I would expect them to, but they don't seem to care at all.

Recently there has been a push to remove user agents since it tends to make tracking easier. You should make sure firefox is still identifiable.

Well because a lot of Firefox users block analytics they won't show up in the stats.

And by the way: it is estimated that 60% of all internet users block analytics. So take your stats with a grain of salt.

> it is estimated that 60% of all internet users block analytics. So take your stats with a grain of salt.

Source?

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