@eli
I can't see what fediverse software you are using but i'm guessing you are on peculiar.florist. so you are using iceshrimp.
I faced similar problem so i ditched tusky for fedilab. Fedilab is amazing and support lot things.
There is only one minor bug with alt text. Alt tex doesn't work so i'm connect to the web version and add them.
As @PebbleOnEarth said, you can use firefox/mull and create a web app : 3 dots > add to your homescreen
