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Share button - vger.to intermediary (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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iOS User here

Noticed yesterday that using the “Share” function is generating an intermediary vger.to link that encourages the viewer to download the Voyager app.

That link shows the text from a post, but other content like Video is missing.

Lemmy is already plenty readable from a browser. If I want send someone a link to something, I now have extra steps to copy and paste the URL. Defeats the point of the share button, doesn’t it?

I’d expect this behavior from corpo social media like Facebook or Reddit, it’s a bit disappointing to be seeing it from what is otherwise my favorite Fediverse app.

Is there any justification for this behavior that I’m not considering?

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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

You can change this in Settings - General - Share Links.

[–] ivanhoe@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was wondering about that too. I'm curious to hear an anwser to this question.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I believe it's so anyone using the link can be directed to their home instance where they're logged on and able to interact with the post, rather than getting a read-only view on whatever instance the original link used.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

As someone else mentioned in this thread, it’s there as a redirect link. Since people can share/view lemmy comments/posts from the authors instance, your instance, or their instance, they include the aforementioned options, and redirects through vger.to or thrediverse.link.