Internal browser is needed, especially for YouTube links.

3 years ago by Jode to c/jerboa

I appreciated how the reddit app I used (relay) kept everything internal. I don't want all the links I open on this app opening in my browser and plugging up my history. I doubly appreciated how it would open YouTube links in an internal video player that wasn't linked to my YouTube account in any way. This is a must have for me to prevent my YouTube "algorithm" from getting any ideas. For example, I watch a video about "X" and now my whole feed is suggesting I watch more videos about whatever "X" was.

RoosterBoy 25 points 3 years ago

Same for image links, I don't like switching to my browser every time I want to look at an image.

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Orvanis 9 points 3 years ago

The alpha build included a community contribution that opens significantly more image links directly in-app.

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Zeus 3 points 3 years ago

arguably it's just a stopgap solution, but i really like quickib for viewing image links

it's meant as an imgur uploader, but it works as a viewer (not open source though)

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elonspez 17 points 3 years ago

Funny. The main thing I hate about the official reddit app is that the ability to open links in external browsers is removed for some reason. It's also what made me switch to infinity.

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Jode 9 points 3 years ago

There's nothing stopping anybody from opening a yt link in am external browser in relay. I just like the convinience of keeping everything in one app and keeping WHT I look at in reddit separate from what I look at kn YouTube.

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petriborg 14 points 3 years ago

Agree-ish. It needs the ability to open and display common link types, videos, images, etc.

RiF had an ok system for decisions about what to try and open/display.

For example, I prefer YouTube to open in NewPipe rather than an in app browser, but that might be different for you.

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wesker 11 points 3 years ago

Just a suggestion, I'd like to see people avoiding YouTube links and instead posting Invidious instance links to those same videos. Why? FUCK THE POLICE.

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lucien 1 point 3 years ago

https://torrentfreak.com/...

YouTube is trying to get them shut down 💩

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CubitOom 11 points 3 years ago

Pro android tip: use NewPipe (or similar app) instead of a browser for YouTube links. Just make sure to set the app to open the supported links by default in android settings.

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mosthated 3 points 3 years ago

And disable YouTube to open 'Supported links': https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/2665

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Grenfur 2 points 3 years ago

I love Newpipe but I couldn't get over how cumbersome importing subs was for me. Also not having my watch history was mildly annoying. I switched to ReVanced about 2 weeks ago and haven't opened my YT app since.

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CubitOom 8 points 3 years ago

This is true. Although I think NewPipe has its place for when you don't want to link your watch history to your Google account. So I use it like private mode for YouTube.

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Grenfur 2 points 3 years ago

Good call. I hadn't thought if that. I did really like the folder function on it. Grouping content so that I could easily see new posts in a genre was great.

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Rizoid25 2 points 3 years ago

I used ReVanced for a while but I've switched over to libretube and it's been a great change.

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Grenfur 2 points 3 years ago

Never used libretube but I'll have to look into it.

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Rizoid25 3 points 3 years ago

It's much like newpipe just looks better and imo it was easier to deal with subs. You can make an account with a piped instance that will keep all your subs so if you move phones or something you don't have to re-import everything.

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twistedtxb 9 points 3 years ago

Agreed. Also a Relay user, not having to to open links externally where a godsend.

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rubin 5 points 3 years ago

On the other hand, an embedded link viewer has no uBlock and other extensions/privacy settings as my browser does. Id rather just open youtube in forefox.

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Jode 4 points 3 years ago

Now that I think about it relay must have something like this built in because I never saw ads or scripts running in the internal browser

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kevin 6 points 3 years ago

As a workaround for now, you could consider using a browser like Firefox focus. It's basically an always-incognito browser.

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GissaMittJobb 3 points 3 years ago

The ability to use custom tabs has been good enough for me, but I guess an internal WebView could be a good option for some users as well.

Protip regarding the YouTube recommendations algorithm: you can go to playback history and remove and entry from there. That way, it's like you never watched it in the first place, and as such, you shouldn't get any more recommendations based on that playback.

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Jode 0 points 3 years ago

What do you mean by custom tab? When I open a link it opens in the same kind of Firefox but not Firefox that a Gmail link would open in. Also, I would prefer not to do a wipe of my yt everytime I watch a video on how paperclips are made and yt decides paperclip videos are the way to go. I am really going to miss the ability to silo yt away from reddit lemmy if something like this feature doesn't get implemented.

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GissaMittJobb 3 points 3 years ago

Custom Tab is when links open in Firefox/Chrome, but still inside the app. Linking externally means that you leave the Jerboa app entirely and open the link in your standard browser.

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Jode 2 points 3 years ago

Oh right so that is the current behavior. This still ends up with your browser history picking up everything that you go to in the app. I don't like this.

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GissaMittJobb 1 point 3 years ago

Understandable, to each their own.

I personally would not like having links not open in Firefox, since I would lose the large amount of improvements I get from Firefox extensions. I also launch everything by default in private browsing, so the history issue is moot for me.

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CubitOom 2 points 3 years ago

Pro android tip: use NewPipe (or similar app) instead of a browser for YouTube links. Just make sure to set the app to open the supported links by default in android settings.

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pabloscloud 1 point 3 years ago

I use urlcheck to decide if you want to open any link in the app itself or the browser

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bappity 1 point 3 years ago

LATEST UPDATE HAS ONE WOOOOOO

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Jode 4 points 3 years ago

The latest update does not have an internal browser. It runs a "lite" version of whatever your browser is. Meaning every link followed in the app ends up in your browser history. This is what I want to avoid.

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bappity 1 point 3 years ago

oh D:

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driving_crooner 1 point 3 years ago

Or at least a confirmation before opening the links.

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