We analyzed 425k favicons
> In fact, I recommend that browsers ignore these hints because they are wrong much of the time.I don't agree.  That's the kind of coddling that encourages incompetence.  Instead of compensating for others' mistakes, just let their stuff break.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"`.Favicons are a huge pain to deal with correctly.