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From: Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Browser calls app to access website
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:50:45 +0100
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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.
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> ERR_NETWORK_ACCESS_DENIED
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.

-- 
Jeff