Imagine throwing your whole privacy away because of a single niche issue.
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winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I use Firefox on desktop but on Android i use Brave for one single reason: it lets me open links in the full browser rather than a webview. Or whatever that tech is called. I hate that stuff. It drives me absolutely bonkers. Like, you might think that’s irrational and/or that i have some kind of anger management problem but i promise you it is way beyond that. I’m fucking actually feral about this. This one thing determines which browser i use. If i couldn’t find one with it i would have to start uninstalling apps that don’t let me force full external browsers.
Firefox used to allow you to force this setting but at some point stopped. I don’t know why. Give it back, please. (Along with full desktop extensions…)
Anyway if anyone knows how to change this i would be happy.
SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 1 year ago
Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 year ago
> throwing your whole privacy away
Listen to yourself, you could prevent some lies
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’m not throwing all my privacy away.
Just some of it.
But it’s pretty easy to get me back on Firefox.
dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What are you referring to regarding the webview? Are you talking about custom tabs?
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Yeah sounds like custom tabs is the thing i hate.
TriStaRvOiD@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You’re probably confusing webview and custom tabs. Custom tabs run in the default browser itself, while webview is an entirely separate browser.
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Alright that’s very possible. It sounds like custom tabs is the name of the damn thing. Anyway i don’t know how to turn it off :(
Boinketh@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Press the 3 dots when you’re in a web view and go to “Open in Firefox.” I don’t know how to make it automatic, though.
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Even that is too much to ask :(
Maybe i need to fork Firefox. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t have this.
Boinketh@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What issue do you have with not automatically opening a link externally? Some apps have a setting in-app for whether or not to use an external browser.
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Some apps do have that setting and that is nice! One possibility is getting to a point where i can ditch the ones that don’t. Unfortunately, the ones that don’t seem to be pretty big ones :(
moitoi@feddit.de 1 year ago
The issue is you and not Firefox in this case.
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Firefox used to have a setting for this. They removed it at some point. That’s not a direction i can support in a browser. Whether that’s a “me” issue or a “Firefox” issue is irrelevant. Brave gives me what i want, Firefox does not. Period.
(As far as i know, at least.)