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		3xblah on April 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instagram no longer allows people without an accou... What if more users install the browser extension/add-on that automatically changes the user-agent string based on domain name, e.g., for Instagram it changes to a random mobile user-agent. Sorry I forgot the name of the extension.

miles on April 23, 2020 [–]

Here are a couple of such add-ons / extensions:

User-Agent Switcher https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/uaswitcher/

Custom UserAgent String https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/custom-user-a...

User-Agent Switcher and Manager https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-st...

and a comment by "99" pointing to an extension-free method to quickly change the user agent:

https://www.ghacks.net/2019/12/23/custom-useragent-string-is...

3xblah on April 23, 2020 | [–]

There is also a browser-free method. Localhost proxy, e.g., haproxy, that rewrites User-Agent header according to URL and/or Host header.

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