Why are libraries not detected as bots?

matomo-org / device-detector

The Universal Device Detection library will parse any User Agent and detect the browser, operating system, device used (desktop, tablet, mobile, tv, cars, console, etc.), brand and model.

http://devicedetector.net

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Why are libraries not detected as bots? #7834

Closed chescos closed 5 hours ago

chescos commented 15 hours ago

Just curious about the decision to not detect libraries as bots as well, what's the rationale behind that?

I'm asking because in my experience, almost all requests with User-Agents from software libraries are also coming from automated scripts/programs.

liviuconcioiu commented 15 hours ago

https://github.com/matomo-org/device-detector/issues/7491

chescos commented 5 hours ago

Thanks!