This Browser Is Not Supported -

When you see “This browser is not supported,” you are being aged. You are being classed. You are being excluded from a conversation not because you cannot speak the language, but because you are wearing last season’s coat.

But you don’t need their permission to read. This browser is not supported

So the message is a ghost. It’s the echo of a business decision, dressed up as a technical constraint. When you see “This browser is not supported,”

Keep your old browser. Keep your old ways. And when the box appears, smile. But you don’t need their permission to read

The most “supported” browsers today are built on the same engine (Chromium). So “this browser is not supported” often really means: “This particular skin on the same rendering engine is not on our approved list, because our automated test suite only runs on three user-agent strings.”

So maybe that’s the real post.

And that is the difference between a technical limitation and a cultural statement.