Terrible Mobile Websites

Chrome for Android’s new feature subverts websites that automatically redirect you to a mobile version by spoofing Chrome for Android’s user agent string, in this case sending the string for the desktop version of Chrome instead of the mobile

via Chrome for Android Doesnt Need No Stinking Mobile Websites | Webmonkey | Wired.com.

Dear developers of terrible mobile experiences: you made this necessary. You know how your mobile redirect script redirects a normal URL back to the useless mobile homepage? Yeah, that. You know how you don’t let me just use your damn website, and instead ask me if I want to install the app, or add a bookmark? That too. Stop making the web terrible.

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