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Intermediary browser? Need some help, please. (lemm.ee)
submitted 7 months ago by turtlepower@lemm.ee to c/firefoxbrowser@feddit.de
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So I got sick of how bad DDG browser is, so I finally switched back to FF and kept DDG just for app tracking blocking. I have uBO added and all set up. The pages are now beautiful. It's like a whole new internet! However, when I click on links in apps, it doesn't open directly in FF, some sort of Intermediary browser (run by FF) opens the page with a menu that has the option to "Open in Firefox". FF is my default browser. Everything is set to not open links in-app. How can I make this stop and the links open directly in FF?

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[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Please read what the actual problem is:

Example: I'm here using the Jerbo app. I have it set to open links in my browser, Firefox. It does not do this. It opens some sort of "Intermediary" browser (NOT Jerboa, NOT Firefox) that has a menu with the option "Open in Firefox". I want it to skip doing this and just open links directly in Firefox.

It does this no matter what app I'm trying to open links in.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago

I already commented on that. There is no setting and it is not webview. The page is opening in Firefox, simply a different UI.

Some apps allow to edit how links are opened, for example Feeder. You can select browser "custom tab" or how it is called or real browser.

It matters what app you use because that is a wanted feature and not every browser supports it.

[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Sorry, I missed that because you replied to someone else with that. So it is Firefox...but does it still clear all data on exit an utilize uBlock Origin like the normal ui? I'm just trying to protect my data as much as possible and not create any more of a footprint than I already have over the years.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago
[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Goddammit. THREE FUCKING YEARS, MOZILLA. I remember now that this is why I dumped Firefox on my phone last time. This is the most basic fucking thing that EVERY OTHER BROWSER CAN DO. This is un-fucking-acceptable. Well, thanks for the info. I'm about to go light up Mozilla's support.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

Every other browser can disable that? Hmm, yeah sucks

[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Ok, maybe not EVERY browser, but Chrome (eww) and DDG both do not have this issue. They just open right in the browser. I didn't even have to change settings.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago

I have the layout with the URL bar at the bottom, its just 2 small clicks.

Really, FF Android has other problems like the missing sanbox and I suppose using their own malloc instead of hardened_malloc when the OS uses it.

[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

It's not just about the clicks; I still can't find an answer on tracking and security. Like, does this custom tab still run uBO? Does it still provide the tracker blocking I have set in the main browser? Does it clear all browsing data when I x out or go back?

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

Yes it does. Not sure about cookies, I think not. There is an option to open links in private tabs

[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Thank you for all this help. You da man/woman/person!

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