Big issue

In the android app, you can get to a browser via clubs or league. Because of this, parental controls and features installed to remove the ability to search or visit sites become useless. This means that a person who is, hypothetically recovering from a pornography addiction could use your app to get past barriers that exist to help them. This also is a problem on aimchess. I use a moto e5.

Hi @Chessable_User1, thanks for raising this — it’s an important concern and I appreciate how thoughtfully you’ve explained it.

You're right that app design choices can unintentionally bypass certain safeguards, especially on devices with parental controls or accountability tools in place. While the ability to view external links through clubs or leagues might seem like a small feature, I can see how it could become a serious issue in the context you described.

It might be worth submitting this directly to Chess.com Support so they can pass it along to the mobile development team. Ideally, they could look at introducing a setting to disable or limit browser access within the app, either for parental use or personal recovery boundaries.

You're not alone in wanting platforms to be more mindful of these things.

— @JosephReidNZ ♟️

Yeah, just in case though, I think that it is a simple issue to fix, just remove hyperlink functionality in the app, or just have an alternate webpage that works, looks, and is the same except there is just no way to use hyperlinks on the alternate page if that's easier, idk I've only got 3 years of coding knowledge.

@Chessable_User1 I hear you, and honestly, your suggestion is really solid. Stripping hyperlink functionality or routing it to a limited-view version of the page sounds like a very reasonable compromise, especially for those trying to maintain strict boundaries or using the app in restricted environments.

Even with “just” 3 years of coding, you’re thinking through the UX side of this well. Hopefully Chess.com’s dev team will take this kind of feedback seriously — accessibility and digital wellbeing are becoming more important by the day.

Appreciate your thoughtful replies!

— @JosephReidNZ ♟️

There are some features that are only going to be available via a webview and there's no way to prevent the webview from accessing anything as far as I'm aware. I believe the only way to stop it would be to remove those features completely and develop native support.

The main gate way to the whole Internet is through the social links at the bottom of the page, so I think that an alternate page that is the exact same except for the absence of those links and other hyperlinks could work. I think for HTML you just have to remove the code for the hyperlinks.