> It’s just a matter of setting your user agent to say you’re running Chrome.

This is the real clincher - websites discriminating against Firefox often don't know why. I assume it's because they don't want to be liable for using their software on a browser they haven't tested on. Or it's just the good ol' Google search on Firefox mobile thing, i.e. "we'll gimp it for no particular reason!"

It may be now, but how long before everyone moves over to GoogleChromeNet rather than the internet and Firefox can't even read the webpage let alone render it.

Firefox recently removed the facility to set user-agent on a per-site basis. It's only universal now.

So if you now want to spoof as Chrome to your bank, you spoof as Chrome to all websites.

Rather a foot-gun from Mozilla but on par for their recent choices.

Very true and these sites quickly move to a blacklist in my case. Almost all sites can still be displayed in FF though.

Meanwhile, in the real world...

As an early Linux user, I still remember running a Windows VM with IE installed, for years, just to do online banking. Heck, at my current corporate job all the Mac users (mostly the web designers) are given VMs to run IE11 to fill out their timecards, and use product management software. This is absurd, but real.

I'm no stranger to having to use VMs to do basic stuff online, but not everyone else is. And, to be honest, no one should have to set up a VM to use a browser they cannot trust, just to protect themselves from stupid drive-by malware.