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    2 days ago

    The problem is that the site tries to detect the device type. If you let the user choose it and make it sticky by domain, you dont have that issue.

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      But your users have the problem that they go to the wrong site if someone on a mobile device shares a link when you’re on desktop.

      It just seems inconsistent for them to detect mobile devices but not desktop devices.