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No, because I'm talking about Universal Links/App Links, the feature of Android and iOS/macOS where you tap/click on an HTTP(S) link to some site, and the link opens & gets handled in the app. The feature was made with centralization in mind, so it won't work with federated servers, especially for users on small servers.
So what I think you're talking about is called deep links, and it's certainly a challenge in this scenario
I'm pretty sure it's solvable with some effort, I'm working on a Lemmy client now and will look into intents that could be sent from the Lemmy front end. My main concern is just recognizing the links in-app robustly as people learn how to format them - if the client doesn't kick you into the browser, it solves half the problem and I'll worry about the other half