diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/api/index.ts b/materialious/src/lib/api/index.ts
index d7414cd1..49e6ab4d 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/api/index.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/api/index.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import type {
 } from './model';
 import { commentsSetDefaults, searchSetDefaults, useEngineFallback } from './misc';
 import { getSearchYTjs } from './youtubejs/search';
-import { isYTBackend } from '$lib/misc';
+import { isUnrestrictedPlatform, isYTBackend } from '$lib/misc';
 import { getSearchSuggestionsYTjs } from './youtubejs/searchSuggestions';
 import { getResolveUrlYTjs } from './youtubejs/misc';
 import { getCommentsYTjs } from './youtubejs/comments';
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function getVideo(
 	fetchOptions?: RequestInit
 ): Promise<VideoPlay> {
 	if (
-		(get(playerYouTubeJsAlways) && Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) ||
+		(get(playerYouTubeJsAlways) && isUnrestrictedPlatform()) ||
 		isYTBackend() ||
 		useEngineFallback('Video')
 	) {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export async function getVideo(
 
 	const resp = await fetch(setRegion(buildPath(`videos/${videoId}?local=${local}`)), fetchOptions);
 
-	if (!resp.ok && get(playerYouTubeJsFallback) && Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) {
+	if (!resp.ok && get(playerYouTubeJsFallback) && isUnrestrictedPlatform()) {
 		return await getVideoYTjs(videoId);
 	} else {
 		await fetchErrorHandle(resp);
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/api/misc.ts b/materialious/src/lib/api/misc.ts
index 30e4cb8e..dee11df4 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/api/misc.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/api/misc.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import type { CommentsOptions, SearchOptions } from './model';
 import { engineFallbacksStore } from '$lib/store';
 import { Capacitor } from '@capacitor/core';
+import { isUnrestrictedPlatform } from '$lib/misc';
 
 export function searchSetDefaults(options: SearchOptions) {
 	if (typeof options.sort_by === 'undefined') {
@@ -34,5 +35,5 @@ export type EngineFallback =
 	| 'Playlist';
 
 export function useEngineFallback(fallback: EngineFallback): boolean {
-	return get(engineFallbacksStore).includes(fallback) && Capacitor.isNativePlatform();
+	return get(engineFallbacksStore).includes(fallback) && isUnrestrictedPlatform();
 }
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/video.ts b/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/video.ts
index 6f447a06..ce915f67 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/video.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/api/youtubejs/video.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import type { Types } from 'youtubei.js';
 import { Utils, YT, YTNodes, Platform } from 'youtubei.js';
 import { getInnertube } from '.';
+import { isUnrestrictedPlatform } from '$lib/misc';
 
 Platform.shim.eval = async (
 	data: Types.BuildScriptResult,
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ Platform.shim.eval = async (
 };
 
 export async function getVideoYTjs(videoId: string): Promise<VideoPlay> {
-	if (!Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) {
+	if (!isUnrestrictedPlatform()) {
 		throw new Error('Platform not supported');
 	}
 
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
index 3146aba0..4efd39ff 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	import { Network, type ConnectionStatus } from '@capacitor/network';
 	import { fade } from 'svelte/transition';
 	import { addToast } from './Toast.svelte';
-	import { isMobile, isYTBackend, truncate } from '$lib/misc';
+	import { isMobile, isUnrestrictedPlatform, isYTBackend, truncate } from '$lib/misc';
 	import {
 		generateThumbnailWebVTT,
 		drawTimelineThumbnail,
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@
 				dashUrl = data.video.dashUrl;
 			}
 
-			if (!data.video.fallbackPatch && (!Capacitor.isNativePlatform() || $playerProxyVideosStore)) {
+			if (!data.video.fallbackPatch && (!isUnrestrictedPlatform() || $playerProxyVideosStore)) {
 				dashUrl += '?local=true';
 			}
 
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@
 			console.error(error);
 
 			if (
-				!Capacitor.isNativePlatform() ||
+				!isUnrestrictedPlatform() ||
 				data.video.fallbackPatch === 'youtubejs' ||
 				(error as shaka.extern.Error).code !== 1001
 			)
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/ShareVideo.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/ShareVideo.svelte
index c1d1bbf8..1d75fc0a 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/ShareVideo.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/ShareVideo.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	import { _ } from '$lib/i18n';
 	import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 	import type { Notification, PlaylistPageVideo, Video, VideoBase } from '../api/model';
-	import { shareURL } from '$lib/misc';
+	import { isUnrestrictedPlatform, shareURL } from '$lib/misc';
 	import { addToast } from './Toast.svelte';
 
 	interface Props {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		class="row"
 		role="presentation"
 		onclick={async () => {
-			if (Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) {
+			if (isUnrestrictedPlatform()) {
 				shareVideo(`${get(instanceStore)}/watch/${video.videoId}`);
 			} else {
 				shareVideo(
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Interface.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Interface.svelte
index feb8345d..3b07a7e7 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Interface.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Interface.svelte
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	import type { RgbaColor, HsvaColor, Colord } from 'colord';
 	import { _ } from '$lib/i18n';
 	import { get } from 'svelte/store';
-	import { ensureNoTrailingSlash, isMobile, clearCaches } from '../../misc';
+	import { ensureNoTrailingSlash, isMobile, clearCaches, isUnrestrictedPlatform } from '../../misc';
 	import { getPages, type Pages } from '../../navPages';
 	import ColorPicker from 'svelte-awesome-color-picker';
 	import {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 	});
 </script>
 
-{#if Capacitor.isNativePlatform()}
+{#if isUnrestrictedPlatform()}
 	<div class="field label suffix border">
 		<select name="backend-in-use" onchange={setBackend}>
 			<option selected={$backendInUseStore === 'ivg'} value="ivg">Invidious</option>
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Player.svelte
index b3f659a2..cf647bd4 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Player.svelte
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		playerYouTubeJsFallback
 	} from '../../store';
 	import { playbackRates } from '$lib/player';
-	import { isYTBackend } from '$lib/misc';
+	import { isUnrestrictedPlatform, isYTBackend } from '$lib/misc';
 
 	let defaultLanguage = $state(get(playerDefaultLanguage));
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 	<i>arrow_drop_down</i>
 </div>
 
-{#if Capacitor.isNativePlatform() && !isYTBackend()}
+{#if isUnrestrictedPlatform() && !isYTBackend()}
 	<div class="field suffix border label">
 		<select
 			tabindex="0"
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 	</div>
 {/if}
 
-{#if Capacitor.isNativePlatform()}
+{#if isUnrestrictedPlatform()}
 	<div class="field no-margin">
 		<nav class="no-padding">
 			<div class="max">
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Settings.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Settings.svelte
index 65c27efa..a8d771aa 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Settings.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/settings/Settings.svelte
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	import About from './About.svelte';
 	import Engine from './Engine.svelte';
 	import { Capacitor } from '@capacitor/core';
+	import { isUnrestrictedPlatform } from '$lib/misc';
 
 	let activeTab = $state('interface');
 	const isActive = (id: string) => activeTab === id;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 		}
 	];
 
-	if (Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) {
+	if (isUnrestrictedPlatform()) {
 		tabs.splice(1, 0, {
 			id: 'engine',
 			label: $_('layout.engine'),
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/misc.ts b/materialious/src/lib/misc.ts
index 1c788326..ba80d6ec 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/misc.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/misc.ts
@@ -229,8 +229,12 @@ export function findElementForTime<T>(
 	return null;
 }
 
+export function isUnrestrictedPlatform(): boolean {
+	return import.meta.env.VITE_BUILD_WITH_BACKEND === 'true' || Capacitor.isNativePlatform();
+}
+
 export function isYTBackend(): boolean {
-	return get(backendInUseStore) === 'yt' && Capacitor.isNativePlatform();
+	return get(backendInUseStore) === 'yt' && isUnrestrictedPlatform();
 }
 
 export function clearCaches() {
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/sabr/index.ts b/materialious/src/lib/sabr/index.ts
index c64946ac..5fdd7afc 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/sabr/index.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/sabr/index.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import { Constants, YT } from 'youtubei.js';
 import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import { poTokenCacheStore } from '$lib/store';
 import { buildSabrFormat } from 'googlevideo/utils';
+import { isUnrestrictedPlatform } from '$lib/misc';
 
 export async function injectSabr(
 	video: VideoPlay,
 	player: shaka.Player
 ): Promise<SabrStreamingAdapter | null> {
-	if (!video.ytjs || !Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) return null;
+	if (!video.ytjs || !isUnrestrictedPlatform()) return null;
 
 	const sabrAdapter = new SabrStreamingAdapter({
 		playerAdapter: new ShakaPlayerAdapter(),