I don’t know much about how any of this stuff works, so these are honest questions in good faith. But how did Bluesky know, before this change, that I clicked a link? Am I not just telling my browser to visit a website? I don’t really understand how it’s different from me copy-pasting the URL manually.

I applaud your determination

GrapheneOS is not supported by my device either, sadly.

sadly there’s no /e/os support for my current phone. I only just got it as well, that spurred me into switching over

I did try MicroG! It’s possible that I fucked it up, this stuff isn’t my forté. Do you have any examples of apps that work fine with MicroG? If those also don’t work, I know it’s something I did.