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Lobsters Blocks Brave Browser for Scammy Behavior


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A couple of days ago, the Brave browser stopped loading lobste.rs, just showing an error page. (I remember seeing a comment that the change was actually Brave no longer spoofing its user-agent for Lobste.rs, but I can’t find it now.) Or is this a philosophical issue: anyone who uses a deceitful browser like Brave shouldn’t be allowed to visit Lobste.rs?

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