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Is the browser on Android in Facebook worse than using the default browser? In iOS, I think Facebook has to use the WebKit web view so it acts the same as Safar
by yladiz 10y ago
Is the browser on Android in Facebook worse than using the default browser? In iOS, I think Facebook has to use the WebKit web view so it acts the same as Safari. (The criticisms about it being able to more easily/aggressively track you are still true though.)
- sleepychu 10y agoParticularly since I don't use the default browser and I have a mode in my browser for reading articles nicely; yes it is much worse. The option to use your real browser drifts in and out of messenger, I suspect I'm subject to some AB testing. Somehow FB always manage to forget my previous setting for this option :-(.
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoI don't know about now, but a year or two back I stopped using the (Android) app and used the mobile website because the experience was significantly better. I'm aware that my close friends are in the same position.
- maaaats 10y ago> Is the browser on Android in Facebook worse than using the default browser? Yes. As I use Firefox as my default browser on Android. Then I miss all my extensions and features, like ad blockers and reading mode.
- untog 10y agoThe "default browser" for most Android users is Chrome, whereas in-app webviews use the system WebView. Google have decoupled it from OS releases in recent years and it's updated through the Play Store, so it's not awful... but it still lags behind and is missing features. Not to mention, the in-app browser has no shared cookie storage etc, so all your logins are wiped.