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[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Beyond that it's legitimately useful for logging into a second account on a site or for various testing purposes as a web developer. Though if you're consistently using it for the former, containers are a better solution.

[–] bandwidthcrisis 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also useful for testing links that might only work if signed in.

For instance, if I share a link to a OneDrive file, will it force the receiver to sign up with Microsoft before they can view the file.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Absolutely! I do that all the time.