[tor-bugs] #26146 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing

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#26146: Setting `general.useragent.override` does not spoof the platform part
anymore in ESR 60 which is confusing
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  mcs
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  ff60-esr, tbb-fingerprinting-os,     |  Actual Points:
  tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-8.0.1-can,                 |
  TorBrowserTeam201809R                          |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks3):

 Replying to [comment:70 arma]:
 > The user came back to #tor today and confirms that the new Tor Browser
 version works (plays videos as expected, even though on Linux). Woo.
 Can you folks coerce Mozilla to backport this patch with your intellectual
 missiles and ballistics so that Linux Firefox users don't get too angry
 with their emotional missiles and ballistics?

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