Who the fuck decided to block a programm download because you are on mobile?!? Also I'm not even on mobile but on my Linux™ desktop ya cunt! An yes I know is a Windows app which is not intended for Linux. But have ya ever heard of WINE??!?

Looking at you CurseForge!

>block a programm download because you are on mobile

Well I mean to save bandwidth?

Why does your desktop think it is on mobile?

@N00bPancakes Is it really such a big hit on bandwidth tho. As most people wouldnt really download it on mobile anyway?!

@JFK422

Depends on the app size right?

@JFK422 download size != used bandwidth.

Isn’t that an outdated gaming add on manager for wow ?

@IntrusionCM but how much does overhead really account for ?

@IntrusionCM especially nowadays

Now why would Zimmerman point me out to you ?

@MadMadMadMrMim Overhead depends on a lot of variables.

IPv4 vs IP V6… TLS vs non TLS... MTU size. HTTP version... Et cetera et cetera.

I usually take 5 % as minimum, 10 % as worst case, though that's really back-of-the-envelope calculation.

@N00bPancakes It's not mobile data blocking (would need a mobile provider ip blacklist for that because browser won't tell) wi-fi also exists on mobile phones... Adding a fat warning when doing the stupid browserstring detection would be enough.

it makes way more sense, to give the user options. Something like: we don't have a linux/android/whatever version, how 'bout windows version? here *download button for windows*

a lot of websites do it that way, and i think that's the way to go

They're searching your user agent for Linux or apple. Spoof your user agent to something something windows

@AlgoRythm but didnt he say he was doing it through a hotspot ? so the browser would be running on his desktop would it not ?

@MadMadMadMrMim his user agent would still report Linux. Some dumbass check probably thinks this means Android

@AlgoRythm well you were right i booted into my linux part and thats the same message I got...

so yeah change the agent string to chrome-51-windows whatever.

@AlgoRythm hey if he wants to be clever he could just do an inspect on the page and check if the link being suppressed is happening on the front end then he wouldn't have to download that extension for his browser that changes your agent string :P

@MadMadMadMrMim user agent is sent to server on download. If they're cleverer they block "mobile" user agents there too

@AlgoRythm durn i was hoping they just did a platform check in the js.
course its worth trying.

see i was more wondering if the LINK was buried in there.

@MadMadMadMrMim Pretty much did that. Inspect element, copy direct link into new tab. Done!

@JFK422 boom ! hehe

@JFK422 all those years of avoiding onlyfans style site limitations on porn taught me something :P LOL

2 mins viewtime a day my ass ! LOL

@JFK422 all those years of avoiding onlyfans style site limitations on porn taught me something :P LOL

2 mins viewtime a day my ass ! LOL

OP is right this should not be dictated by the app and for sure not a website. Mobile devices use a thing called wi-fi and a Windows laptop can use mobile data. Unlimited data on mobile subscriptions is also a thing.

This is why at best you can give a warning the user can override and show for a setting in the app or account to explicitly deny or allow it.