There are now multiple browser extensions to redirect outgoing links to subs in the threadiverse to your local instance of choice
Kbin Linker Extension
https://github.com/daniel-lxs/kbin-link
Lemmy Linker Extension
https://github.com/FackJox/lemmy-link
This is a major downside to how federation works currently and something we shouldn’t need extensions for, but as a stopgap solution I am glad they exist.
@liaizon @fediverse In a way, this issue lies on browsers lacking decent support for custom-schemes, stuff like handling multiple handlers and ability to know if the scheme is registered at all (so a fallback can be presented instead).
Heck, it’s even something that Mozilla was aware all the way back to 2010 and with the early Fediverse (OStatus) in mind. https://blog.mozilla.org/webdev/2010/07/26/registerprotocolhandler-enhancing-the-federated-web/
