They’re probably using a third party library to do user agent detection. I doubt anyone ever tested their code on Linux in the first place. They’re probably writing code like “if Windows version >= 10 or macOS version >= 10.14 or Android version > 10 or iOS version > 14” and Linux just happens to fall through because it has none of those versions.
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AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoThey know which operating system you use based on the user agent, so they know it’s Linux.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 days ago
Hupf@feddit.org 2 days ago
Captain, what should we do? She’s not on the list.
Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
The program has the information, but that doesn’t mean the people that wrote the code felt it was worth their time to make the “upgrade” text inclusive to Linux, if they even considered the possibility of Linux.
Littux@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If they were using user agents for identification, Android browsers on “Desktop mode” would be wrongly identified as “Linux”. Even Discord has this issue on their download page. “Premium” Android devices with large screens use Desktop mode by default
biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Which will be “If not Windows 11 or Mac os then report os string”. I don’t think they specifically took the time to research different OS’s and list them.