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.
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Or at least a confirmation before opening the links.
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.
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.
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.
Same for image links, I don’t like switching to my browser every time I want to look at an image.
The alpha build included a community contribution that opens significantly more image links directly in-app.
Agreed. Also a Relay user, not having to to open links externally where a godsend.
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.
