If it was truly a dumb mistake, of which I am doubtful, then let's see it fixed ...

		eddieroger on July 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Xbox Cloud throttles performance if user agent is ... If it was truly a dumb mistake, of which I am doubtful, then let's see it fixed now that it's in the wild. User Agent detection has never been a great method of client identification, and is just a means to an end in the absence of a better option.

I don’t know that it was a mistake but it doesn’t seem implausible to me.