I’m not surprised and it’s really annoying apps still use in-app browsers. I remember even Telegram had that at one point, with link opening only on in-app browser(at least on iOS). But what really annoys me is that most of the users, e.g. my girlfriend, have NO IDEA about the difference, it’s just a browsing window, no matter in-app, which engine, with which privacy feature. Perhaps os vendors should show more obvious UI, and UX wise, tell you you’re leaving a safe browsing experience?
it's not the browser itself, it's the experience of staying in app when clicking a link. for example when going through a paygate that redirects to a browser. i don't want to leave the app, then come back in manually. with an in app browser it works seamlessly.
What does "in app" do differently? On Android the only thing I can think of that is different is that if I open the app switcher the tab is in a different app.
But I think I prefer that because if I click around a bit I can switch back to the app that spawned the tab directly instead if hitting back a load of times.
when in-app and i close the browser i'm back in the app. this isn't the case if i'm redirected to a different browser application. That's quite a big deal
Android has “Chrome custom tabs” (terrible name, they don't have to be Chrome) which behave like an in-app browser, but use an actual browser. I assume the app can't spy on those?
