Uri Rewrite and relative Uri's/Links

Yes. The client (side) should do every request with "/app/URI" (so that the F5 then loadblancing because of the /app path to the correct backend node).

I thought with relative links that should be able. Client browser is simply attaching all relative links on the base URL in the browser. At least that was always written as a suggestion for similar problems (change all absolute paths to relative paths in the application). However, this does not seem to be the solution.

On the other side I can use the Stream or Rewrite Profile (this profile is modifying the base URL to <base href="/app/" /> and the content links will be requested with the leading /app path on all the mentioned requests).

The question is:

Should all links theoretically work without the rewrite profile (because these are relative links and are actually only appended to the browser URL) or is this a misconception on my part (and some others in other forums)?

Thanks