Getting Sync's internal browser to default to Firefox? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago by tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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Links that open natively in Sync (like news articles) are often riddled with ads. Is there any way for the Sync shell to open through a Firefox based browser, which includes native ad block?

I'm not sure if this is related to what browsers I have on my phone. I do have one chromium based browser (kiwi) installed, and if getting rid of that would fix the problem I could look into deleting it and leaving only FF on my phone. But I'm not sure if it's related.

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[-] Edge004@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago

Try setting firefox to your default browser. That made it work for me.

[-] ictinus@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I also set private DNS to dns.adguard.com

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

Ah thanks, that worked, or mostly anyway-- there's still a space for ads but they don't load, whereas on FF the spaces aren't even there.

[-] rdyoung@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Seconded. This is the answer.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

Didn't do anything unfortunately. Using a private DNS worked mostly, so I guess that's good enough for now

[-] radix@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

In the setting under link handling, you can change the browser to "external" which uses your default.

[-] jezza@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Settings shortcut: Link handling > Default browser

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

True. The internal sync browser loads slightly faster but it's pretty much 1st world problems I suppose.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

The dev is working on a native adblocker for Sync.

[-] tb_@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I have Firefox as my internal browser (probably because I disabled Chrome?). But add-ins don't work in the internal browser, only when links are opened externally.