[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 163481] New: [GTK] Restore user agent quirk for Yahoo

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163481

            Bug ID: 163481
           Summary: [GTK] Restore user agent quirk for Yahoo
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: WebKit
           Version: Other
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Gtk
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: mcatanzaro at igalia.com
                CC: bugs-noreply at webkitgtk.org

What happened here was:

 * Yahoo used to do this on yahoo.com
 * We decided Yahoo lost the right to receive an accurate user agent, and added a user agent quirk to pretend to be OS X on yahoo.com (and apparently also on subdomains).
 * At some point in the past, Yahoo stopped doing this on yahoo.com
 * I removed the user agent quirk in 2.14.1, because it was no longer needed for yahoo.com, and I assumed Yahoo had regained the right to receive an accurate user agent.

I assumed wrongly. I didn't think to check finance.yahoo.com, which is still sending a mobile version in response to our user agent. Our policy is to add user agent quirks for any websites dumb enough to do this, to the detriment of anyone using WebKit on mobile devices.

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