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>>mrspen+(OP)
Fraud rates of 'other' browsers are over double that of mainstream browsers.

Nearly every metric is worse - from spam comment removal rate to adspam rate to credit card chargebacks.

I can completely understand a web host deciding to block any browser that isn't a major one.

>>london+U5
None of that should matter if the services are only available to validated, logged in paying customers.

And then you decide on the basis of the customer whether to block, not the browser.

>>steves+Z6
But it turns out a bot can look very much like a logged in paying customer, just they're paying with a stolen credit card and you'll only learn that in 2 months when the chargeback arrives...