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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
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On my phone I use URLCheck (available in f-droid). You set it as your default browser app, but instead of opening a browser, it opens a popup where you can see the URL, and use some useful tools like removing tracking parameters or automatically rewriting x.com to xcancel.com. The rewritten URL can then just be forwarded to your actual browser (or whatever app is set up to handle that particular URL).
I still won't actually open random qr code URLs though, especially not ones from google.
Thats new. Thank you for the tip. Installed!
How do the rewrites work? Is it like Redirector?
Would be awesome if I could just import my Redirector regex json file
After doing that, do you have an option to select which application you want to run (browser, video player etc?)
I use Open Link With, but would love to be able to edit the URL before.
Edit: From the description I think it might do that. This is neat, thanks for the recommendation.