Re: Browser calls app to access website

On 17/10/2024 09:54, Dave Royal wrote:

Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> Wrote in message:
 

I use the BBC News app now and again. On looking at battery usage
recently it appeared that the app was using the battery (calling home?)
even when I wasn't using it. So I disabled access to both Wi-Fi and
Mobile Data.
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Today I wanted to get some info on a news item I'd heard on the radio so
opened Firefox and used Startpage to find some links. One of them was a
BBC news page. So I clicked on it and Firefox showed that the page
wasn't available:
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ERR_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED
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I tried with Vivaldi and got the same result. Other webpages at
newspaper sites all worked perfectly with either browser. Intrigued, I
cleared out all history and cookies, re-enabled the BBC News app access
to mobile data, and did the same searches for the news story with
Firefox and Vivaldi. On clicking on the BBC news link, the pages now
appeared without problem.
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Can anyone confirm this happens? If so, why?

 Try settings > open links in apps >  Ask or never
I have never but you might have other apps you want to use.

Thanks, Dave. That was it.
Firefox has it in Settings | Advanced | Open links in apps - set to Always (default)
Vivaldi has it in Settings | Content Settings| Stay in browser - set to Off (default)
So doing the same thing but in completely opposite ways! I'm note sure exactly what Brave does. In Settings it has:
Open external links in Brave:
Opens links from other apps in a Brave webview. Note: Brave must be set as your default browser.
That setting was set to Off (default). Brave isn't my default browser anyway.
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Jeff