Convenience. Apollo for iOS (a reddit client) pops a "Open reddit link?" if you have a reddit url on your pasteboard. There are obviously other ways to solve th

Convenience. Apollo for iOS (a reddit client) pops a "Open reddit link?" if you have a reddit url on your pasteboard. There are obviously other ways to solve this (e.g. allow pasting them into the navigation bar) but they're ever so slightly less convenient. IMHO it ultimately depends on the app / the developer. As for Apollo I trust the dev enough to not abuse it and only checking for reddit url to potentially navigate to. Others, e.g. TikTok, I wouldn't