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		extraduder_ire 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the L... curl, wget, lynx, and elinks all don't by default (I checked). Mainstream web browsers likely all do, and will forever.

userbinator 8 months ago [–]

Anubis will let curl through, while blocking any non-mainstream browser which will likely say "Mozilla" in its UA just for best compatibility and call that a "bot"? WTF.

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