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?
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.