Last I knew, PureBrowser was based on Firefox ESR, not Quantum.
On my apt updated PureOS VM, Purebrowser is based on Firefox 60, which is Quantum (because Firefox ESR is now at 60)
Oh. Got it. That would explain why legacy add-ons do not work anymore. Thanks.
I’m not “rejecting your choice” to use anything, mate. So, you can take that claim and toss it away. 
I asked what I did precisely because I knew PureBrowser is a fork of Firefox.
If you wish to use Windows in place of Linux, then be my guest. I never recommended that to you nor did I insinuate it. You have the choice to do what you wish, and in this case you’ve done just that albeit inappropriately.
I agreed with you until you admitted to not wanting to install Firefox—as irrelevant as it may seem.
You have every choice in what you use, especially on Linux.
Incidentally, it goes without saying you have me at a disadvantage since I’ve never used PureBrowser.
I can’t tell you why that site is flagging your “browser of choice”, but if it’s based on Firefox as we know it to be, surely there must be some other reason for this to be occurring.
On the same line of reasoning, if PureBrowser is based on Firefox, surely you can simply adapt your configurations to Firefox.
Unfortunately, I don’t know the answer to the first assumption and since I’ve never used PureBrowser, I cain’t make in on the second one either.
Do I think you should be able to use whatever browser you want to use without being forced to use something you don’t necessarily need to use? Yes.
Do I accept that some forks run into issues every now and then that originating source doesn’t? Yes.
It’s just a fact of life and why I only used Pale Moon for a month until I quit.
I realize it’s a much more daunting issue for you since this is presumably the default browser that ships on PureOS. I’m not saying what’s happened is what you deserve, but rather something that can happen.
My instinct would tell me to report a bug or something. Since I don’t know where to do that, I say Google it.
I changed the useragent string as described above. Problem solved. Move along, nothing to see here.
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Thanks! Glad to see it fixed. 
Some closing thoughts:
- If you had bothered to read the whole thread before posting, you would have seen that I, the OP, fixed the problem almost two weeks ago with a little help from someone else on the forum.
- If you had bothered to read Forum Rules - please read before posting you would have seen this: “This forum is intended only for the PureOS operating system and its software, please refrain from requesting help (or debating) about other operating systems.”
I asked the forum of Librem/PureOS users about a problem I was having with software that is included with PureOS, and someone posted the solution, which solved my problem. Then more than a week later you come along and ask “You’re rejecting Firefox? On what grounds?” which sounds like you want to debate the merits of PureBrowser (which you admit you haven’t used and know nothing about) versus Firefox. Your question was out of line and inappropriate for this forum, which is why you got the snarky reply from me.
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Take your own advice.
Any further comments will be ignored. The mods can close this discussion if they wanted to.
I suggest they do.
Between the both us, you’re the one who obviously wanted to debate, not me.
You yourself admitted to offering a snarky reply while continuously promoting an argument based on straw-man logic. Your “final thoughts” do not apply here since they assume things that were never requirements.
You had the option (i.e. the choice) to either dismiss my post or flag it and report me. What did you do?
You continued on the conversation and willfully chose to provoke me as you’ve continued to do so even after ending the discussion, peacefully, by admitting that the issue had been solved.
Nor I or the community benefited from your “final thoughts” and I shan’t imagine they ever will.
Next time, do use all a favor and simply dismiss what you can’t understand OR take the time to make the situation clearer.
You could’ve summed everything up with a “it’s fixed”.
Guys, please relax, no need for this.