If I interact with a Lemmy post via Wefwef, will it go to wefwef.app domain first and then to Lemmy or will it pass the request directly from my phone to the Lemmy Instance (s)?
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Not currently, but that will be fixed soon. See https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/648998
It’ll be direct to the instances, if only because they wouldn’t want the data load.
Not true in all cases. Due to how the web security model works, unlike a native app, a web app running on wefwef.app cannot randomly access other domains. This includes contacting lemmy instances. This is the reason why they implement a proxy (see code here). From what I understand newer lemmy server versions do (or will soon) implement CORS which is a mechanism that obsoletes the requirement for a proxy and allows direct communication between web app and instance.
Interesting, thanks. I gave an instinctual answer rather than an informed one - sorry OP!
No problem, fella. I was worried about us overwhelming the servers of different Lemmy Instances. But proxy is still good. For instance, if I live in a country which is geographically distanced from the server, it will work fine regardless of my geographical distance.