Larry Page asking how to change User Agent in Java

This had a thread just a few months ago: <i>Setting User-Agent Field? (1996)</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25670161" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25670161</a> - Jan 2021 (64 comments)<p>also these- but I&#x27;m pretty sure there have been others - maybe someone will find them:<p><i>Q: Setting User-Agent Field?</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14250473" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14250473</a> - May 2017 (1 comment)<p><i>Q: Setting User-Agent Field?</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=1655648" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=1655648</a> - Sept 2010 (5 comments)

It seems he did succeed in changing the User-Agent.

groups.google.com link (better for your bandwidth): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;groups.google.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;message&#x2F;raw?msg=comp.lang.java&#x2F;aSPAJO05LIU&#x2F;ushhUIQQ-ogJ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;groups.google.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;message&#x2F;raw?msg=comp.lang.ja...</a>

Back when he cared about being &quot;a good net citizen&quot;. I wonder what 1996 Larry would think of today&#x27;s Internet (that he helped shape).

What was the answer though?

Nowadays people would just Google for the answer!