I think the question was meant in terms of Mastodon, not the connected web browser. I.e. are there any apps that let you look at Mastodon posts without signing into Mastodon? Something like Jerboa’s anonymous mode.
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riskable@programming.dev 3 months ago
If you install Firefox Focus and make it your default browser on Android the Jerboa client (and others I think) will use it when loading links unless you have a specific app associated with a given URL (e.g. NYT app, NPR app, etc).
If you’re not familiar with Firefox Focus it’s a version of Firefox built for privacy. It basically makes it so that every URL you load behaves like a private browser tab. It also has ad-blocking built in which is sweet (though it doesn’t work on everything/not as good as uBlock Origin).
Zangoose@lemmy.world 3 months ago
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
You’re just explaining basic Android functionality using random apps of your choosing.
riskable@programming.dev 3 months ago
You’re not wrong… but is that attitude really necessary? It comes off as, “You’re just explaining basic shit any idiot would know, loser! 😝”
Besides, not all apps that load external URLs are like that: A lot of them will use Android Web View which annoys TF out of me.