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“Support” means “actively testing and fixing bugs”

This news doesn’t mean that it just will stop working in Firefox, it’s just that they don’t test and they don’t care.

i have seen websites that actively block you from using them unless you’re on a “supported” browser. it’s kinda nuts

Example: Twitch still doesn't let me login from Firefox if I'm on Alpine Linux.

It only happens when I try from Alpine Linux, so they might be testing for some musl-specific quirk and denying access just for not being the Firefox from a different distro.

how old is your firefox? i am almost positive ive used twitch on alpine but it was a while ago

Brave is unsupported by a lot of websites, but almost always works (at least if you turn off shields).

"Unsupported" = "We don't test or develop with this browser in mind", not "This browser doesn't work." If that browser effectively mimics one that is supported, it usually works fine.

This is a customer facing message. People understand brands, they don't understand which browser uses which engine.