Mobile subtitle discovery and playback requires switching to a browser
Watching a video file without embedded subtitles on mobile traditionally requires leaving the player, searching a subtitle site in a browser, downloading a file, and transferring it back, high friction for viewers of subbed anime or foreign content. The poster built an app addressing this and is asking how others currently manage it.
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