Why doesn’t Lemmy have a back button?

It’s really confusing me why Lemmy doesn’t have a back button when you are browsing via the web. Is this something that just got missed or is it meant to be like that?

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  • Samantha XaviaOP
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    -113 days ago

    Not for Webapps / Mobile Webapps sadly.

    • @dingus
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      3 days ago

      I’m confused. Does the device you are using not have a way to go back? I have a phone, tablet, and PC, and all of these have a native “back” button or gesture or keyboard shortcut. I’ve not met a device without any of these capabilities since like 2008.

      Legit curious what device you are using if you wouldn’t mind??

      • @shortrounddev
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        12 days ago

        Idk what phone you have but iPhone and Default android don’t have back buttons in their default UI, they use gestures now

        • @dingus
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          22 days ago

          I stated “button” or “gesture” in my post. You just use the gesture to go back is my point.

    • @FourPacketsOfPeanuts
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      73 days ago

      Why would you access Lemmy that way when there are lots of other ways?

      • Samantha XaviaOP
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        13 days ago

        Because sometimes people don’t like apps, especially when some are paid.

        • @FourPacketsOfPeanuts
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          3 days ago

          Have you tried Boost (android)? It’s free and I haven’t found anything to complain about…

          • Samantha XaviaOP
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            03 days ago

            Not everyone uses android, I used to but don’t anymore.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 days ago

      on webapps you can use the os back button, either on the bottom or a swipe from the side.

    • Max-P
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      12 days ago

      Then use Voyager, or Tesseract, or Photon. All 3 are usable as plain webapps and have decent mobile experience.