We analyzed 425k favicons
> In fact, I recommend that browsers ignore these hints because they are wrong much of the time.<p>I don't agree.  That's the kind of coddling that encourages incompetence.  Instead of compensating for others' mistakes, just let their stuff break.<p>I wonder if Safai on iOS ignores the hints.  When I tested, I was surprised to see that pressing the share icon, which holds the option for `Add to Home Screen`, would cause a download of all of the icons listed with `link rel="icon"`.<p>Favicons are a huge pain to deal with correctly.