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Re:Why offer an Onion Address rather than just encourage bro... by nsotelo on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:16AM (#30625240)
You can use the onion location header[0] to redirect the user, as mentioned in another comment thread.

0: https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/advanced/oni...

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Re:Why offer an Onion Address rather than just encourage bro... by sp332 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @11:38AM (#30628866)
That has all the problems listed. The header could be modified or the response blocked by anyone who could modify or block the plain HTTP(S) response.
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